Pennsylvania
Date settled:
- March 4th, 1681 by William Penn
Mother country:
- England
Key Players
- William Penn- founder
- King Charles II- King of England who granted the royal charter to Penn
- Ben Franklin- most famous citizen from Pennsylvania
- Quakers- Most Quakers settled here
How they arrived
- Sailed across the Atlantic
- William Penn was the first to settle here
- Penn really wanted his religion to spread throughout the other colonies also
- They set up their government and Penn being the proprietor
Natives
- The Charter of Privileges made the people of the Province of Pennsylvania act fairly towards the natives
- Quakers treated the natives with respect and bought land from them voluntarily
Agriculture
- Ag was their number one in the colony
- first farmers in Pennsylvania were Native Americans
- Delaware Indians planted corn while upper Ohio valley region planted corn and squash
Issues and successes
- Issues- traveling across the Atlantic with smallpox
- Successes- Iron and Steel were a major success in helping them make weapons and axes. Philly became one of their most popular cities
Charleston
When and where
- 1670
- in South Carolina
Mother country
- England
- settlers came here and William Sayle founded the government here
How Settlers got there
- Came from England across the Atlantic
Key Players
- King Charles II- King of England
- William Sayle- founded Charleston
- Charles towne- First name of Charleston
Contact with natives
- Traded deer skins and hides with the native indians
- Native Americans taught them how to grow maize
Ag
- grew maize, potatoes, cotton, and tobacco
Issues
- Natives wanted them off their land
- Natives wanted their woman
Massachusetts
Origin of settlers
- first settlers came from Humber, England
- escaping the King's brutality for rejecting the church
Before the settlement
- inhabited by the Wampanoag
- Date settled1620
- 2nd successful English Colony in North America
Contact
- good
- traded ag and hunting secrets
Key Players
- John Winthrop- Puritan leader
- Matthew Cradock- first governor
- King James I- granted Charter to colony
Ag
- Maize
- Land cleared
- hunting- deer and beaver
Issues faced
- Winter
- Food
- Indians
Georgia
Date settled
- Founded in 1732
- between Florida and South Carolina
Mother country
- England
Ag
- Tobacco
- Oranges
- Rice
- Sugar
Key Players
- James Oglethorpe- founded Georgia
- King George II- King of Great Britain and gave permission to Oglethorpe
How they got there
- many were in debtor's prison
- persecuted protestants
- military presence to other colonies
Contact with Natives
- Upper Creek tribe- negotiating treaties to stop chance of attack
- trust, fair, humane
Issues faced
- Fresh water was hard to find
- swampy lands and insects= disease
Successes
- James Edward Oglethorpe ended slavery because it wasn't right for their social and economic intentions
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