Fifth Grade Links - Colonies
Massachusetts
Founded: 1630 by John Winthrop and others, at Massachusetts Bay
Major Industry: Agriculture (fishing, corn, livestock), Manufacturing (lumbering, shipbuilding)
Major Cities : Boston, Quincy, Plymouth, Salem, Lexington, Concord
Colony Named for: Massachusetts tribe (word means "large hill place" )
Became a State : February 6, 1788
Connecticut
Founded: 1636 by Thomas Hooker and others, at Hartford
Major Industry: Agriculture (wheat, corn, fishing)
Major Cities : Hartford, New Haven
Colony Named for: from an Algonquin word, quinnehtukqut, "beside the long tidal river"
Became a State : February 6, 1788
Rhode Island
Founded: 1636 by Roger Williams and others, at Providence
Major Industry: Agriculture (livestock, dairy, fishing), Manufacturing (lumbering)
Major Cities : Providence
Colony Named for: Dutch for "red island"
Became a State : May 29, 1790
New Hampshire
Founded: 1638 by John Wheelwright and others
Major Industry: Agriculture (potatoes, fishing), Manufacturing (textiles, shipbuilding)
Major Cities : Concord
Colony Named for: county of Hampshire in England
Became a State : June 21, 1788
Delaware
Founded: 1638 by Peter Minuit and others
Major Industry: Agriculture (fishing), Manufacturing (lumbering)
Major Cities : Wilmington
Colony Named for: named for the Delaware tribe and for an early governor of colonial Virginia, Lord de la Warr
Became a State : December 7, 1787
Pennsylvania
Founded: 1682 by William Penn and others, at Philadelphia
Major Industry: Agriculture (wheat, corn, cattle, dairy), Manufacturing (textiles, papermaking, shipbuilding)
Major Cities : Philadelphia, Lancaster, York
Colony Named for: William Penn and sylvania , Latin for "forest"
Became a State : December 12, 1787
New York
Founded: 1626 by Peter Minuit and others, on Manhattan Island
Major Industry: Manufacturing (shipbuilding, iron works), Agriculture (cattle, grain, rice, indigo, wheat)
Major Cities : New York City, Albany
Colony Named for: Duke of York
Became a State : July 26, 1788
New Jersey
Founded: 1664 by English colonists
Major Industry: Manufacturing (ironworking, lumbering)
Major Cities : Trenton, Princeton
Colony Named for: Isle of Jersey in England
Became a State : December 18, 1787
Maryland
Founded: 1633 by Lord Baltimore and others, at Baltimore
Major Industry: Manufacturing (shipbuilding, iron works), Agriculture (corn, wheat, rice, indigo)
Major Cities : Baltimore, Annapolis
Colony Named for: Queen Henrietta Maria of England
Became a State : April 28, 1788
Virginia
Founded: 1607 by John Smith and others, at Jamestown
Major Industry: Plantation agriculture (tobacco, wheat, corn)
Major Cities : Jamestown, Williamsburg, Richmond
Colony Named for: England's "Virgin Queen," Elizabeth I
Became a State : June 25, 1788
North Carolina
Founded: 1653 by Virginia colonists
Major Industry: Plantation agriculture (indigo, rice, tobacco)
Major Cities : Raleigh
Colony Named for: from Carolus , the Latin word for "Charles," Charles I of England
Became a State : November 21, 1789
South Carolina
Founded: 1663 by English colonists
Major Industry: Plantation agriculture (indigo, rice, tobacco, cotton, cattle)
Major Cities : Charleston
Colony Named for: from Carolus , the Latin word for "Charles," Charles I of England
Became a State : May 23, 1788
Georgia
Founded: 1732 by James Oglethorpe and others
Major Industry: Agriculture (indigo, rice, sugar)
Major Cities : Savannah
Colony Named for: England's King George II
Became a State : January 2, 1788