Georgia  - Colony for debtors and poor to make a fresh start. It was also the last British colony to be established in North America., Maryland  - Safe colony for Catholics, New York - Originally a Dutch Colony, William Penn - Was a Quaker and founded Pennsylvania , Connecticut - led by Thomas Hooker, founded to limit power of government, Rhode Island - Founded by Roger Williams and other colonists forces out of MA to separate church and state, Massachusetts Bay - John Winthrop was chosen as the governor, founded to worship freely , Act of Toleration - ensured all Christians could practice their religious beliefs freely, New England Colonies - founded primarily for religious purposes and were INTOLERANT to other religions, Separatists - Wanted to leave the Church of England completely., Southern Colononies - Cash crops included tobacco, indigo, cotton, rice; used slave labor on plantations, Middle Colonies - breadbasket colonies, called that because cash crops were wheat, grain, barley and corn,

Thirteen Colonies

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