1. Introduction to the Thirteen Colonies By: Justin Wangbichler http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13colonies1.htm

2. British Colonization Motivations Religious reasons Monetary gains Methods Middle Colonies religious Southern Colonies Agricultural http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13colonies1.htm

3. Virginia Founded: 1607 by John Smith and others, at Jamestown Colony Named for: England's "Virgin Queen," Elizabeth I Became a State: June 25, 1788 http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13colonies1.htm

4. New York Founded: 1626 by Peter Minuit and others, on Manhattan Island Colony Named for: Duke of York Became a State: July 26, 1788 http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13colonies1.htm

5. Massachusetts Founded: 1630 by John Winthrop and others, at Massachusetts Bay Colony Named for: Massachusetts tribe (word means "large hill place") Became a State: February 6, 1788 http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13colonies1.htm

6. Maryland Founded: 1633 by Lord Baltimore and others, at Baltimore Colony Named for: Queen Henrietta Maria of England Became a State: April 28, 1788 http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13colonies1.htm

7. Connecticut Founded: 1636 by Thomas Hooker and others, at Hartford Colony Named for: from an Algonquin word, quinnehtukqut, "beside the long tidal river" Became a State: February 6, 1788 http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13colonies1.htm

8. Rhode Island Founded: 1636 by Roger Williams and others, at Providence Colony Named for: Dutch for "red island" Became a State: May 29, 1790 http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13colonies1.htm

9. Delaware Founded: 1638 by Peter Minuit and others Colony Named for: named for the Delaware tribe and for an early governor of colonial Virginia, Lord de la Warr Became a State: December 7, 1787 http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13colonies1.htm

10. New Hampshire Founded: 1638 by John Wheelwright and others Colony Named for: county of Hampshire in England Became a State: June 21, 1788 http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13colonies1.htm

11. North Carolina Founded: 1653 by Virginia colonists Colony Named for: from Carolus, the Latin word for "Charles," Charles I of England Became a State: November 21, 1789 http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13colonies1.htm

12. South Carolina Founded: 1663 by English colonists Colony Named for: from Carolus, the Latin word for "Charles," Charles I of England Became a State: May 23, 1788 http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13colonies1.htm

13. New Jersey Founded: 1664 by English colonists Colony Named for: Isle of Jersey in England Became a State: December 18, 1787 http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13colonies1.htm

14. Pennsylvania Founded: 1682 by William Penn and others, at Philadelphia Colony Named for: William Penn's father and sylvania, Latin for "forest" Became a State: December 12, 1787 http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13colonies1.htm

15. Georgia Founded: 1732 by James Oglethorpe and others Colony Named for: England's King George II Became a State: January 2, 1788 http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13colonies1.htm

16. Conclusion Oven the next 200+ years these thirteen colonies have grown to 50! http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13colonies1.htm