New England Colonies
Massachusetts (Plymouth Rock), NH, RI, and Connecticut
Massachusetts (Plymouth Rock)
- In 1620 the Pilgrims began a new colony in what is today known as the Town of Plymouth
- Ship Building (Fishing)
- Corporate
- Population- 1640 about 8,900
- Pilgrims and Puritans
- Narraganset, Niantic (East and West), and Wampanoag, and probably the Nauset
- Puritan
NH
- Founded by Captain John Mason in 1623
- Mixed Farming
- Corporate then Royal
- Population- New Hampshire ranked 41st in population in the United States with an estimated total of 1,309,940 in 2005
- Pilgrims
- The Abenaki tribe and The Pennacook tribe
- Puritan
RI
- Founded by Roger Williams in 1636
- Mixed Farming
- Corporate
- Population- (Couldn't find)
- Pilgrims
- The Wampanoag, Pequots, Narragansett, and Nipmuck
- Has no Religion
connecticut
- Founded by Thomas Hooker in 1635
- Mixed Farming
- Corporate
- Population- Connecticut's population expanded gradually, and by 1662 the colony included over a dozen towns, including Saybrook, New London, Fairfield, and Norwalk, as well as East Hampton and Southampton on Long Island
- Pilgrims
- There appears to be conflicting information concerning the origination of the tribes of Connecticut due to the lack of good records on the subject
- Puritan