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- 4. This colony was named for King Charles I and was founded in 1670 after it split from its northern neighbor due to governmental difficulties
- 6. This colony was named after a nearby river and bay, both of which were named after Thomas West, Third Baron of De La Warr
- 7. This colony was founded in 1732 as a buffer colony against Spanish Florida and named after King George II
- 8. This colony was founded as an offshoot of another colony in 1636 because they believed in separation of religion and government
- 10. Originally founded by the Dutch, this colony was called "New Amsterdam" until the British captured it in 1664
- 11. This colony was founded in 1636 because the settlers' original colony became too religiously strict
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- 1. Founded by William Penn in 1681, this colony was created as a religious refuge for Quakers
- 2. The first permanent English settlement was established at Jamestown in this colony in 1607, named for Queen Elizabeth I
- 3. This colony was founded by Puritans seeking religious freedom after they landed here on the Mayflower in 1630
- 4. This colony was split off from another colony in 1664 after the territory was taken from the Dutch
- 5. Founded by Lord Baltimore in 1632, this colony was named after the king's wife, Queen Henrietta Maria
- 9. This colony was named for King Charles I and was founded in 1663, but was divided later
- 12. This colony was founded as a fishing and trading settlement for English merchants in 1623