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Founders of the 13 Colonies - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 34 times
- The average score is 6 of 23
Answer Stats
| Colony | Year | Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| Pennsylvania | 1681 | Solo proprietor; Granted land by the king | William Penn | 96%
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| Delaware | 1682 | Founder of Pennsylvania; Persuaded the King, the Duke of York, and Lord Baltimore into giving him control of Delaware | William Penn | 96%
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| Virginia | 1606/1607 | President of the Jamestown colony | John Smith | 68%
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| Rhode Island | 1636 | English; Advocated for religious freedom; Established Providence | Roger Williams | 36%
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| Maryland | 1634 | The child of the above; Actually founded the colony | Cecil Calvert, Lord Baltimore | 32%
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| Maryland | 1632 | Granted charter by the king; Died before making it to the new world | George Calvert, Lord Baltimore | 32%
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| Georgia | 1732/1733 | British member of Parliament; Founded Savannah as the proprietor | James Oglethorpe | 29%
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| Virginia | 1606/1607 | Member of the below; Married Pocahontas | John Rolfe | 25%
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| New York | 1626 | Company; Dutch | Dutch West India Company | 18%
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| Virginia | 1606/1607 | Company; Group of English businessmen that included the 104 original settlers of Jamestown | Virginia Company | 18%
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| Massachusetts | 1620 | Separatist pilgrim leader; Founder of Plymouth; Was on the Mayflower | William Bradford | 18%
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| Massachusetts | 1629/1630 | Puritan founder of Massachusetts Bay | John Winthrop | 14%
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| New York | 1626 | German; Also founded Delaware; oversaw the company below; Acquired Manhattan and founded New Amsterdam | Peter Minuit | 14%
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| Delaware | 1638 | Founded New Sweden in Delaware; Also founded New York | Peter Minuit | 14%
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| New York | 1664 | Dutch; Last governor of New Netherland; Ceded colony to the English | Peter Stuyvesant | 14%
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| Connecticut | 1636 | Puritan leader from Massachusetts; Founded Hartford | Thomas Hooker | 11%
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| New Jersey | 1664 | Co-proprietors; Granted land by Duke of York | Sir George Carteret | 7%
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| North Carolina | 1663 | Group of eight wealthy men appointed by King Charles II | The Lords Proprietors | 7%
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| South Carolina | 1663 | Group of eight wealthy men appointed by King Charles II | The Lords Proprietors | 7%
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| Connecticut | 1638 | Founder of New Haven | John Davenport | 4%
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| New Hampshire | 1629 | English; Granted land by the king | John Mason | 4%
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| Carolina | 1670 | First governor of the Carolina colony | William Sayle | 4%
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| New Jersey | 1664 | Co-proprietors; Granted land by Duke of York | John, Lord Berkeley | 0%
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