Thirteen Colinies
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Virgina Colony facts
Region: Southern
Goverment: Royal
Religion: Anglican and Baptist
Major towns: Jamestown,Willamsburg,and Richmonoc
Famous people: John Smith
Maryland Colony facts
Region: Southern
Goverment: proprietary
Religion: Anglican and Baptist
Major towns:Baltimore,and Annapoli
Famous people: George Calvert
North Carolina Colony facts
Region: Southern
Goverment: Royal
Religion: Anglican and Baptist
Major towns: Brunswick Town and Raleigh
Famous people: Lord proprietors
South Carolina Colony facts
Region: Southern
Goverment: Royal
Religion: Anglican and Baptist
Major towns: Charlester and Sumter
Famous people: Charter of Carolina
Georgia Colony facts
Region: Southern
Goverment: Royal
Religion: Anglican and Baptist
Major towns: Savannah, Hardwike and Wrightsboro
Famous people: James Oglethorpe
Climate
Geography
The geography of the Southern Colonies featured fertile soil, hilly coastal plains, forests, long rivers and swamp areas
Trade / Exports
Tobacco, cotton, rice, indigo (dye), lumber, furs, farm products - refer to Colonial Times
Northern Colonies
New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Rhode Island and Connecticut.
Massachusetts Colony facts
Goverment: Charter
Religion:Puritan
Towns: Boston,Quincy,Plymouth,Salem,Lexington and Concord
Famous People: John Withrop
Rhode Island Colony facts
Goverment: Charter
Religion: Religious Freedom
Towns:Providence,Portsmouth ,and Newport
Famous People:Roger Williams
Anne HutchinsonConnecticut Colony facts
Found:1636
Goverment: Charter
Religion:Puritan
Towns:Hartford,New Haven,Wethersfield and Windsor
Famous people:Thomas Hooker
New Hampshire Colony facts
Found:1638
Goverment: Royal
Religion:Puritan
Towns:Dover and Exeter
Famous people: John Mason