3rd Colony. Named after the county of Hampshire in England. Major cities: Concord. Became a state on June 21, 1788. Agriculture: potatoes and fishing. Manufacturing: textiles and shipbuilding.
2nd Colony. Named after the Massachusetts tribe word for “large hill place.” Major cities include: Boston, Quincy, Plymouth, Salem, Lexington, and Concord. Became a state on February 6, 1788. Agriculture: fishing, livestock, and corn. Manufacturing: ship building and lumbering.
6th Colony. Named for the Dutch word meaning “red island”. Major cities: Providence. Became a state on May 29, 1790. Agriculture: livestock, dairy, and fishing. Manufacturing: lumbering.
5th Colony. Named from the Algonquin word, quinnehktukqut, “beside the long tidal river.” Major cities: Hartford and New Haven. Became a state on February 6, 1788. Agriculture: wheat, corn, and fishing.
11th Colony. Named after the Duke of York . Major cities: New York City and Albany. Became a state on July 26, 1788. Agriculture: cattle, grain, rice, indigo, and wheat. Manufacturing: shipbuilding and iron works.
10th Colony. Named after the Isle of Jersey in England. Major cities: Trenton and Princeton. Became a state on December 18, 1787. Manufacturing: ironworking and lumbering.
12th Colony. Named after William Penn’s father and sylvania, Latin for “forest.” Major cities: Philadelphia, Lancaster, and York. Became a state on December 12, 1787. Agriculture: wheat, corn, cattle, and dairy. Manufacturing: textiles, papermaking, and shipbuilding.
7th Colony. Named after the Delaware tribe and for an early governor of colonial Virginia, Lord de la Warr.. Major cities: Wilmington. Became a state on December 17, 1787. Agriculture: fishing. Manufacturing: lumbering.
4th Colony. Named after Queen Henrietta Maria of England. Major cities: Baltimore and Annapolis. Became a state on April 28, 1788. Agriculture: corn, wheat, rice, indigo. Manufacturing: shipbuilding and iron works.
1st Colony. Named after Enlgand’s “Virgin Queen,” Elizabeth I. Major cities: Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Richmond. Became a state on June 25, 1788. Agriculture: tobacco, wheat, and corn (plantations.)
8th Colony. Named from Carolus, the Latin word for “Charles,” Charles I of England. Major cities: Raleigh. Became a state on November 21, 1789 . Agriculture: indigo, rice, tobacco (plantations).
9th Colony. Named after Carolus, the Latin word for “Charles,” Charles I of England. Major cities: Charleston. Became a state on May 23, 1788. Agriculture: indigo, rice, tobacco, cotton, and cattle (plantations).
13th Colony. Named after England’s King George II. Major cities: Savannah. Became a state on January 2, 1788. Agriculture: indigo, rice, and sugar.
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