13+colonies+ql

Lucky 13 Colonies
England established outpost in the New World for economic and social reasons. The land was here was fertile and provided raw materials such as tobacco, cotton, timber, sugar, etc. The colonies also provided the King with tax paying citizens of the crown. However, these citizens eventually became independent of their mother country and wanted to set themselves free of her taxes and rule.

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 * = **COLONY NAME** ||= **YEAR FOUNDED** ||= **FOUNDED BY** ||= **BECAME ROYAL COLONY** ||
 * [|Virginia] ||= [|1607] || London Company || [|1624] ||
 * [|Massachusetts] ||= [|1620] || Puritans || [|1691] ||
 * [|New Hampshire] ||= [|1623] || John Wheelwright || [|1679] ||
 * [|Maryland] ||= [|1634] || [|Lord Baltimore] || N/A ||
 * [|Connecticut] ||= [|c. 1635] || Thomas Hooker || N/A ||
 * [|Rhode Island] ||= [|1636] || [|Roger Williams] || N/A ||
 * [|Delaware] ||= [|1638] || [|Peter Minuit] and New Sweden Company || N/A ||
 * [|North Carolina] ||= [|1653] || Virginians || 1729 ||
 * [|South Carolina] ||= [|1663] || Eight Nobles with a Royal Charter from Charles II || <span style="font-family: Verdana,geneva,helvetica;">1729 ||
 * [|New Jersey] ||= [|1664] || <span style="font-family: Verdana,geneva,helvetica;">Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret || <span style="font-family: Verdana,geneva,helvetica;">1702 ||
 * [|New York] ||= [|1664] || <span style="font-family: Verdana,geneva,helvetica;">Duke of York || [|1685] ||
 * [|Pennsylvania] ||= [|1682] || [|William Penn] || <span style="font-family: Verdana,geneva,helvetica;">N/A ||
 * [|Georgia] ||= <span style="font-family: Verdana,geneva,helvetica;">1732 || <span style="font-family: Verdana,geneva,helvetica;">James Edward Oglethorpe || <span style="font-family: Verdana,geneva,helvetica;">1752 ||