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=The First American Colonies=

What is a colony?

1607-1754 Religious and Economic reasons. Reason it was established: Money,Exporation(very risky),and Gold digging. Economic venture(to make money for England) Island off North Carolina 1578 Sir Walter Raleigh 1590 no trace found(still a mystery) 118 people vanished One clue found"Croatoan" Reason it was established: 1607(401 years ago) First permanent English Settlement in Norh America(located in Virginia) __Economic__ venture Virginia Company Mayflower:102 Passengers Pilgrims America's first permanent seprtist settlement 1620 Reasons it was established: Sepratists form the church of England The second English colony __To avoid__ religiouse pursecution 1630 About 1,000 puritan refugees from England Massachusetts Reason it was established: Puritans __To avoid religious pusecution__ Quakers Could not worship in England because they did not follow the __Church of England__ 1682 Reasons it was estabished: Quakers wanted freedom to practice their faith William Penn was from England Settled by people from debtor's prisons in England James Oglethorpe,a prison reformer from England Reason it was established: Debtor's prison was crowded 1762(last of the 13 colonies) Settlers hoped to experience a new life in the colony They wanted economic freedom
 * When was the "Colonial Period"?**
 * Why did the Europeans estanlish colonies in North America?**
 * Roanoke Island**
 * Mystery of Roanoke Island(the lost colony)**
 * Jamestown**
 * Plymouth**
 * Massachusetts**
 * Pennsylvania(Penn's Woods)**
 * Georgia**

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