The Thirteen Original Colonies

Who? What? When? Where? And Why?

Ms. Dalzell’s Fourth Grade Class

Objectives

Learn about each individual state. Learn the year of when each state was

established. Label each state on a map and the year it

was established. Use the internet yourselves, to find your own

interesting fact about the state.

Who? What? When? Where? Why?

Thirteen Original Colonies were founded by England with influence by Spain, France, Sweden and Holland.

Founded the colonies of: Virginia, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maryland, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Delaware, North Carolina, South Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Georgia.

Virginia

Established in 1607

First settlement called Jamestown

Founded during the rule of England’s king James I.

105 original settlers

Massachusetts

Founded in 1620. Most famous colony is

Plymouth Colony. Puritans who fled

England for Religious Freedom.

Settlers arrived on the Famous Mayflower.

New Hampshire

Established in 1623.

Captain John Mason established this colony

Originally Established as a fishing colony.

Maryland

Founded in 1632. A place for religious

freedom for Roman Catholics.

Established by Lord Baltimore.

People here came for freedom from Prosecution.

Connecticut

Established 1635Massachusetts Colonists looking for financial and religious freedom.

Pequot War of 1636- War between the settlers and the Pequot Native Americans.

Rhode Island

1636Roger Williams- banished from Colonies because wanted Religious freedom and Separation of Church and State.

Anne Hutchinson-Banned from Massachusetts colony for speaking out against the Colony. Fled to area soon to be known as Rhode Island.

Delaware

Founded in 1638 Technically ruled by

Pennsylvania until 1703.

Established by Peter Minuit of the New Sweden Company.

Mainly Dutch Settlers.

The Carolinas

North South

•Founded in 1653 by some Virginia Settlers.•1663 King Charles II asked to settle area below Virginia, this included what was settled in 1653.

•Same history as North Carolina. Established during the same charter set forth by King Charles II.•One of the wealthiest colonies.

More alike than we thought!!

New Jersey

Did you Know? There was once an East and A West Jersey?

Originally founded by Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret in 1664.

Promised many benefits for incoming settlers.

The crown overtook in 1702 and combined the two.

One WholeOne WholeNew JerseyNew Jersey

EastEastWestWest

New York

Founded 1664 By James the Duke of

York. Originally called New

Netherlands…the name did not stick

Officially Named New York after the Duke Himself

Pennsylvania

Founded by William Penn in 1682.

Established for Religious Freedom

Goal was to create a colony that was to protect himself and other Quakers By 1700 was the richest

and third biggest colony of all the thirteen

Established in 1732. The final of the Thirteen Original Colonies.

Georgia was Established by James Oglethorpe by order from King George II.

Established as a barrier between the Florida and South Carolina to stop the Spanish of Florida from overtaking the Colonies.

Georgia

Summary

You should know some facts about each individual state and when it was established.

You now have a foundation to go and find your own facts about the states.

Here are some websites you may use for your in-class work: http://www.timepage.org/spl/13colony.html

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/graphics/13mapnew.htm

You now have an image of each state so that you can label it on a map.

Acknowledgement

www.google.com http://americanhistory.about.com/od/

colonialamerica/a/colonylist.html http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/

graphics/13mapnew.htm http://www.timepage.org/spl/13colony.html