The document discusses the founding and reasons for establishment of early colonies in North America. It describes that Roanoke Island was established as an economic venture but failed, Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement established by the Virginia Company as an economic venture in 1607, and Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay colonies were founded by religious separatists seeking freedom of religion from the Church of England, while Pennsylvania attracted Quakers and Georgia gave economic freedom to debtors from England.

1. Colonization North America Colonies in North America were established for religious and economic reasons

2. Roanoke Island The Lost Colony Established as an economic venture

3. Jamestown First permanent English settlement (1607) Economic Venture by the Virginia Company of London “ In sixteen hundred seven We sail the open sea For glory, God, and gold And The Virginia Company”

4. Plymouth & Massachusetts Bay Colony Plymouth – separatists from the Church of England who wanted to escape religious persecution Mass. Bay Colony– Settled by Puritans- for the same reasons as Plymouth

5. Pennsylvania Quakers Wanted to have freedom to practice their faith without interference

6. Georgia Debtors Settled by people who had been in debtor’s prisons in England. They hoped to experience a new life in the colony and to experience economic freedom in the New World.