New England Colonies

Name of Colony	Date Founded	Reason For Colony’s Establishment	Founder	Primary Economic Base
Plymouth (Massachusetts)	1620	Separatists who desired to remain separate from the Anglican Church went to Plymouth	William Bradford	Agriculture(fishing, corn), Manufacturing (lumbering, shipbuilding)
Salem (Massachusetts)	1630	English society was corrupt and as many people needed to be evacuated as possible	John Winthrop	Agriculture(fishing, corn), Manufacturing (lumbering, shipbuilding)
New Hampshire (fishing village)	1623	To establish a fishing village	John Mason	Agriculture (Fish)
Exeter (New Hampshire, official discovery)	1638	Founded by John Wheelright who was banished for defending his outlawed sister Anne Hutchinson	John Wheelright	Agriculture (potatoes and fishing), Manufacturing (textiles, shipbuilding)
Providence (Rhode Island)	1636	Disagreed with the theocracy being created in Rhode Island and was expelled	Roger Williams	Agriculture (meat, dairy,fishing), Manufacturing (Lumbering)
Connecticut(Hartford, Wethersfield, Windsor)	1636-1639	Thomas Hooker left Massachusetts after being left out of leadership. He started his own colony in Connecticut.	Thomas Hooker	Agriculture (wheat, corn, fishing)