Title: 13 Original Colonies Facts, List, History
Headings: 13 Original Colonies
13 Original Colonies
13 Original Colonies: Beginnings
New England Colonies
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Connecticut Colony
Rhode Island Colony
New Hampshire Colony
Middle Colonies
New Jersey Colony
Pennsylvania Colony
New York Colony
Delaware Colony
Southern Colonies
Virginia
Maryland
The Carolinas
Georgia

Content: Soon the people of New England found themselves in a thriving trade with the Caribbean Islands, Iberian Peninsula, France, and other European powers. This led to much wealth. Massachusetts Bay Colony
The largest colony in the British colonial empire was, for a short time, the Massachusetts Bay Colony which was settled by the Puritans and governed by John Winthrop. Massachusetts grew quickly in what is known as the Great Migration and absorbed the infamous Plymouth colony. Boston was its largest city and for a time the largest city in all the British Colonial Empire. Connecticut Colony
Connecticut Colony was founded by Thomas Hooker and was an off-shoot of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The Fundamentals Orders of Connecticut were put into place and would make Connecticut one of the most stable colonies in America, even during the American Revolutionary War. Its founders were also Puritans and its largest city was Hartford. Rhode Island Colony
Rhode Island Colony was also an off-shoot of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and it was founded by Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson. Both founded a different area of Rhode Island and both were expelled from Massachusetts Bay due to their religious beliefs.