English Colonies 101

Although the original thirteen colonies became the United States of America they all differed in terms of population, government, and origin. Some colonies were started for religious purposes and others as economic ventures. Within this essay I am going to go into more depth as to how the theses colonies differed.
Some colonies had a very small population, while others had very large ones. While Virginia was considerably large with a populatin of nineteen thousand, Maryland consisted of a population of a little over four thousand. The number of people within a colony differed vastly, giving some colonies unfair advantages when it came to food and commerce.
Many colonies were not ran the same way, as a matter of fact this is how some colonies were formed. Rodger Williams advocated for seperation of church and state which led to the colonization of Rhode Island. Massachusetts was the first english colony to establish the basis of a representative government and conneticut was the first to write a constitution. North Carolina and Rhode Island were the most democratic, the most independent-minded, and the least aristocratic of the original thirteen colonies.*
Each one of the thirteen colonies came about in there own unique way. Plymouth was established by seperatist seeking the right of self government from the church of England and Rhode Island was colonized for religious freedom. New York came about through conquest and Pennsylvania was founded as a sanctuary for Quakers.
As you can see each one of the thirteen colonies was unique in their own individual way. Whether they had a larger population, or a new way of government. These differences eventually came together as one giving us what we know today as the United States of America.


*Pg. 38-The Emergence of North Carolina (pageant)