Match the following items.

1. founded Rhode Island colony, Pedro Menendez

2. proprietor of New Hampshire William Penn

3. Dutch governor of New Amsterdam Quakers

4. proprietors of New Jersey John Mason

5. proprietor of Delaware and Pennsylvania Puritans

6. began the Boston settlement to escape religious persecution Carteret and Berkeley 7. began the Philadelphia settlement to enjoy religious freedom Peter Stuyvesant

8. founded the Spanish fort city of St. Augustine Roger Williams

1. Roger Williams founded Rhode Island colony in 1636 on land purchased from the Narragansett Indians. 2. Captain John Mason, Governor of Portsmouth, in Hampshire, England, was also the proprietor of the New Hampshire territory. 3. Peter Stuyvesant was the last Dutch Governor that surrenders New Amsterdam, the capital of New Netherland, to an English naval squadron under Colonel Richard Nicolls. 4. The Duke of York in 1664, gave part of his new possessions between the Hudson and the Delaware Rivers to Sir George Carteret. The other section of these possessions were sold to Lord Berkeley of Stratton, who was a close friend of the Duke. Therefore, Carteret and Berkeley became the two English Proprietors of New Jersey. 5. William Penn was granted the province of Pennsylvania by King Charles II in 1681, and later received the lands of Delaware from the Duke of York. 6. The Puritans purchased a land from an English settler named William Blaxton, and began the settlement in the area that would become Boston, to escape religious persecution. 7. A core group of Quakers seeking religious freedom founded Philadelphia, on lands William Penn purchased from the local chieftains of the Delaware nation. 8. St. Augustine, fort city, was founded on September 8, 1565, by Florida's first governor, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés.

1) Roger Williams, 2) John Mason, 3) Peter Stuyvesant, 4) John Stuyvesant, 5) William Penn, 6) Puritans, 7) Quakers, 8) Pedro Menendez de Aviles.

Explanation:

1) Roger Williams founded the Rhode Island Colony in 1636.

2) John Mason become the first named proprietor of New Hampshire in 1629.

3) Peter Stuyvesant was the last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam (1647 - 1664).

4) John Berkeley and George Carteret were the proprietors of New Jersey since 1664.

5) WIlliam Penn was the proprietor of Delaware and Pennsylvania in 1681.

6) Puritans began the Boston settlement to escape religious persecution in the early 17th Century.

7) Quakers began the Philadelphia settlement to enjoy religious freedom in the 17th Century.

8) Spanish admiral Pedro Menendez de Aviles founded St. Augustine in 1565.