Colonial America The First English Colonies

Colony
Settlement
Leader
Date
Reason
Virginia
Jamestown
John Smith
1607
Trade
Massachusetts
Plymouth
William Bradford
1620
Religious freedom
Boston
John Winthrop
1630
Religious freedom
New Hampshire
Portsmouth
John Mason
1630
Religious freedom and better land
Connecticut
Hartford
Thomas Hooker
1636
Religious freedom
Rhode Island
Providence
Roger Williams
1636
Religious freedom

 

 

 

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