New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania

New York

Dutch as New Amsterdam 1621

1664 English take it.

King Charles gives Colony to his Brother, the Duke of York.

1691 New York was allowed to set up a legislature

Freedom of religion, diverse population: Germans, Dutch, natives, Puritans, Swedes

New Jersey

Duke of York gave the southern part of his colony to John Berkley and George Carteret

This becomes New Jersey.

1702 New Jersey Becomes Royal Colony.

Pennsylvania

William Penn asked King Charles for land in payment for debt

This land was to be an experiment and a place where quakers could go

1682 - Philadelphia was founded.

1701 - charter of liberty set up self government

1704 - Delaware splits for Pennsylvania. Swedes, Dutch, English.

Maryland

1632 - George Calvert, Lord Baltimore, sets up Maryland as a Catholic Colony. It Didn't stay catholic for long a Protestant move in.

1729 - The City of Baltimore is Founded

Carolinas

1663 - Carolinas set up by Charles II

1680 - Charlestown founded.

1708 - 1/2 population was slaves

1729 - North + South split

Georgia

Set-up to give a place for debaters to go and start life over.

For Britain it offered a buttress between Spain and the rest of the colonies.