13 Colonies Quest

Here's the note sheet from class on the 13 Colonies:

COLONY	WHY FOUNDED?	OTHER
New Hampshire	Profit from trade and fishing
Massachusetts	Religious Freedom	Cranberries (use for food, dye and medicine) Whales (Whale blubber used for lamp oil)
Connecticut	Religious Freedom Political Freedom Expand trade
Rhode Island	Religious Freedom	Tolerance Farming/Fishing
New York	Expand trade
New Jersey	Religious Freedom Political Freedom Expand Trade	Farming
Pennsylvania	Profit from Land Sales Religious Freedom Political Freedom	Quakers: Religion started here Trees=Lumber=$$
Delaware	Expand Trade	Crops of soybeans, corn and milk 1st log cabin the America
Maryland	Religious Freedom (Catholics welcome) Political Freedom Land Sales	Wealthy colony Crops of Rice and Tobacco
Virginia	Trade and Farming	Tobacco and wheat John Smith/Jamestown
North Carolina	Trade and Farming Religious Freedom	Tobacco/cotton/indigo
South Carolina	Trade and Farming Religious Freedom	Lots of rivers=rich fertile soil Tobacco/cotton/indigo
Georgia	Place for debtors/excons Buffer against Spanish Florida	Warm climate-good for planting (longer seasons) Corn/beans/cotton