Title: 
Headings: Colonies &  Reasons for Establishment | SOL USI. 5a Roanoke Island (Lost Colony) Established as an economic venture. Jamestown was the first permanent settlement in North America.  It was an economic venture by the Virginia company. Plymouth Colony was settled by separatists from the Church of England who wanted to avoid religious persecution. Massachusetts Bay Colony was settled by the Puritans for religious reasons. Pennsylvania was settled by the Quakers, who wanted to have freedom to practice their faith without interference. Georgia was settled by people who had been in debtor’s prison in England.  They hoped to experience economic freedom and a new life in the New World.

 
Colonies
 
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Reasons
 
for
 
Establishment
 
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SOL
 
USI.
 
5a
 

Content: Massachusetts Bay Colony was settled by the Puritans for religious reasons. Pennsylvania was settled by the Quakers, who wanted to have freedom to practice their faith without interference. Georgia was settled by people who had been in debtor’s prison in England. They hoped to experience economic freedom and a new life in the New World. Colonies
 
&
  
Reasons
 
for
 
Establishment
 
|
 
SOL
 
USI. 5a
 
Roanoke
 
Island
 
(Lost
 
Colony)
 
Established
 
as
 
an
 
economic
 
venture. Jamestown
 
was
 
the
 
first
 
permanent
 
settlement
 
in
 
North
 
America. It
 
was
 
an
 
economic
 
venture
 
by
 
the
 
Virginia
 
company. Plymouth
 
Colony
 
was
 
settled
 
by
 
separatists
 
from
 
the
 
Church
 
of
 
England
 
who
 
wanted
 
to
 
avoid
 
religious
 
persecution. Massachusetts
 
Bay
 
Colony
 
was
 
settled
 
by
 
the
 
Puritans
 
for
 
religious
 
reasons.