TABLE 3.1
English Colonies Established in North America, 1660–1750
Colony Date Original Colony Type Religion Status in 1775 Chief Export/Economic Activity
Carolina 1663 Proprietary Church of England Royal
North 1691 Farming, naval stores
South 1691 Rice, indigo
New Jersey 1664 Proprietary Church of England Royal Wheat
New York 1664 Proprietary Church of England Royal Wheat
Pennsylvania 1681 Proprietary Quaker Proprietary Wheat
Georgia 1732 Trustees Church of England Royal Rice
New Hampshire (separated from Massachusetts) 1741 Royal Congregationalist Royal Mixed farming, lumber, naval stores
Nova Scotia 1749 Royal Church of England Royal Fishing, mixed farming, naval stores