Northeastern Colonies
New France
New Spain
Middle/Southern Colonies
100
This state was founded by religious Separatists coming from England
Massachusetts
100
Most French Settlers were of this profession in the New France settlements. It involved a lot of sitting, waiting and setting up snares.
Fur trapping
100
This famous explorer is famous for founding the larger colony settlement of New Spain
Columbus
100
Founded by Lord Baltimore, this middle colony is known for being a religious refuge, and has arguably the best state flag.
Maryland
200
This state is an example of a Proprietary Colony, owned by a Duke who shares the state's name and formerly owned by another European power under a different name.
New York.
200
This is one of the major cities of the New France settlement. It is a "New" version of another major French city.
New Orleans
200
The territory of New Spain stretched from the Carribean and Latin America to the missions in what would become this large Western U.S. State
California
200
Founded by John Rolfe and Captain John Smith, this settlement lead to the establishment of the wider state of Virginia.
Jamestown.
300
This state was an agricultural state that had to be sold back to the English Crown after the proprietary owners defaulted on their debts.
New Jersey
300
French Settlement in the Americas included this major, large, slow American trade river. It is notoriously hard to spell.
Mississippi
300
This metallic element was the main reason for Spanish settlement and interest in the new world. It is famous for being the building material of the fictional city of El Dorado, otherwise known as the City of ______
Gold
300
The colony of Roanoke, famous for disappearing mysterious, was based in this middle colony shore.
North Carolina
400
This state is separated from it's southern border by the Mason-Dixon Line and named for its founder.
Pennsylvania
400
This secondary colony in the Louisiana territory is named for a large, red stick used as a colony marker.
Baton Rouge
400
New Spain, influenced by their Spanish Colonial Overlords, adopted this Christian religious sect over any others. Many modern day cities in New Spain are missions of this religion, including San Francisco.
Catholic
400
James Edward Oglethorpe, beyond having a funny-sounding name, was a British Army Officer, and now has a University named after him in this state that he founded.
Georgia
500
This Northeastern colony is known as the breadbasket colony, due to its large wheat fields. After the revolutionary war, it was known as the First State.
Delaware
500
The purchase and the colony was named for this French King, the 14th. Bonus for knowing the roman numerals!
Louis XIV
500
New Spain would collapse into many modern day states, including this state, which shares a name with its southern neighbor from a different country.
New Mexico.
500
The palmetto, not to be confused with a palm tree, is the famous symbol of this southern colonial state.
South Carolina