| Colony |
Year Settled |
English Colony |
Reasons fo Settlement |
| New England Colonies |
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| Massachusetts Bay |
1620 |
1630 |
Religious Freedom |
| Connecticut |
1633 |
1636 |
Religious freedom, agriculture |
| Rhode Island |
1636 |
1644 |
Religious freedom |
| New Hampshire |
1623 |
1676 |
Commercial |
| Middle Colonies |
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| New York |
1626 |
1664 |
Trade, agriculture |
| New Jersey |
1626 |
1664 |
Trade, agriculture |
| Pennsylvania |
1642 |
1681 |
Religious freedom |
| Delaware |
1638 |
1701 |
Trade |
| Southern Colonies |
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| Virgina |
1607 |
1607 |
Commercial venture |
| Maryland |
1634 |
1632 |
Religious freedom; buffer against Dutch |
| North Carolina |
1650s |
1712 |
Agriculture |
| South Carolina |
1669 |
1729 |
Agriculture |
| Georgia |
1733 |
1732 |
Debtor Colony; buffer against spanish |
