SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE 13 COLONIES LIFE IN EARLY AMERICA
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Middle Colonies
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Western Territories
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New England Colonies
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Southern Colonies
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Detailed explanation-1: -Most settled in New England, but some went as far as the West Indies.
Detailed explanation-2: -Because of this, in 1620 they moved on to found the Plymouth Colony in present-day Massachusetts. The governor of Plymouth, William Bradford, was a Separatist-a proponent of complete separation from the English state church.
Detailed explanation-3: -Mayflower arrived in Plymouth Harbor on December 16, 1620 and the colonists began building their town. While houses were being built, the group continued to live on the ship.
Detailed explanation-4: -Massachusetts Bay Colony was settled by the Puritans for religious reasons.
Detailed explanation-5: -Puritans went chiefly to New England, but small numbers went to other English colonies up and down the Atlantic. Puritans played the leading roles in establishing the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1629, the Saybrook Colony in 1635, the Connecticut Colony in 1636, and the New Haven Colony in 1638.