Colonial Research

To continue our colonial research I want for you to make sure
1. You have answered your research questions FULLY ( you have enough information on each that you can write a full paragraph  on it)
2. If you do not have your questions answered you have two choices: Ask different questions, or find different sources.


If you need more information on both think about what a reader may want to know about the question.

For Example:
If my question was: What  resources  did the settlers have in New Hampshire?
As a reader I may want to know,  -how they farmed -tools  they used  -what they used the resources for



More sources: Some are already on   Google Classroom
Ducksters (scroll down and click on links)
SS for Kids (Think about what region your colony is in and use that regional info)
Time Line

Colony	Year Founded	Leader/Founder	Government	Reasons Founded
New England Colonies
1. Massachusetts	1620 1629	William Bradford John Winthrop	Male church members who owned property could vote	Religious freedom for Pilgrims and Puritans (Separatists)
2. Connecticut	1635	Thomas Hooker	Fundamental Orders of Connecticut	Religious and political freedom – Thomas Hooker felt the governor (Winthrop) had too much power in Massachusetts.
3. Rhode Island	1636	Roger Williams	All men who owned property could vote	Separation of church and state and religious toleration
4. New Hampshire	1623	Sir Ferdinando Gorges and John Mason	The president and council being appointed by the Crown and the assembly elected by the people	Trading and fishing villages that were part of Massachusetts  that asked to be a separate colony
Middle Colonies
1. New York	1664	Peter Minuit (Dutch) Duke of York (English)	1683 -. The governor and council being appointed by the Duke and the assembly elected by the people	Economic and political reasons - The Dutch colony on the Hudson separated New England from the other English colonies and threatened British rule in North America. In 1664, King Charles II gave the entire country, from the Connecticut to the Delaware, to his brother James, Duke of York, ignoring the claims of the Dutch colony. English warships sailed to New Amsterdam harbor and took it over without firing a shot.
2. New Jersey	1664	Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret	governor, council, and an assembly of twelve to be chosen by the people; religious freedom	New Jersey was included in the grant of Charles II to his brother James, the Duke of York, in 1664. The Duke thought he had too much land to rule so he separated the colony and gave what in now called NJ to his friends to rule.
3.Pennsylvania	1682	William Penn	frame of government – governor appointed,  power of lawmaking  put into the hands of the people represented by a council which should make all laws and an assembly that should approve them.	Colony founded so Quakers could worship freely Penn believed in religious tolerance. All religions were welcomed.
4. Delaware	1638 (Dutch) 1664 (part of PA) 1701(separate colony)	Peter Minuit (New Sweden, Dutch)	They were granted a separate legislature but still answered to the governor of Pennsylvania and the king.	First colonized by the Swedes for religious freedom, then taken over by the Dutch, then the English .Delaware demanded a separate government: they complained Philadelphia was too far to travel. Pen granted their request. All religions were welcomed.