Yes in some cases. Massachusetts was founded primarily for religious reasons as was Pennsylvania and Rhode Island. Other colonies such as Virginia were founded as commercial enterprises. Georgia was a penal colony.
There were four New England Colonies. Massachusetts was settled in 1620, Connecticut and Rhode Island in 1636, and New Hampshire in 1638. Vermont was a territory claimed by New Hampshire and New York that established its independence and joined the United States. Maine was a part of Massachusetts that broke off and became a separate state.
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Thomas Hooker founded the colony of Connecticut.
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Yes in some cases. Massachusetts was founded primarily for religious reasons as was Pennsylvania and Rhode Island. Other colonies such as Virginia were founded as commercial enterprises. Georgia was a penal colony.
The Pilgrums founded it. :)
There were four New England Colonies. Massachusetts was settled in 1620, Connecticut and Rhode Island in 1636, and New Hampshire in 1638. Vermont was a territory claimed by New Hampshire and New York that established its independence and joined the United States. Maine was a part of Massachusetts that broke off and became a separate state.
The Puritans left the country of England to found three colonies in the New England of North America: Plymouth in 1620 and Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630, both located in Massachusetts, and the Connecticut Colony in 1636.
The settlers in Massachusetts who disagreed with the Puritans were sent away from this location. They then founded the Rhode Island colony.
The two colonies that the Pilgrims found in New England were Plymouth Colony and the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The Plymouth Colony was settled in 1620, while the Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded in 1630.
Yes. A majority of the colonies founded in the New England region were found because of religious intolerence in the settlers former place of living. Outside of New England you only have Maryland which was founded by Lord Baltimore for Catholics
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The founder of the New England colonies were the English Pilgrims who moved to the New World from England. The first English settlement later became the colony known as Jamestown.
Boston, Massachusetts was founded in 1630. Boston, England was founded long before that.
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