US History: Chapter 2, Exercise 1 — Possible Solution ====================================================================== NEW ENGLAND: Plymouth 1620, Massachusetts Bay 1628 (article), Connecticut 1636. Religious motives (Pilgrims, "substantially motivated" founders). MIDDLE: New York, New Jersey, Delaware 1664; Pennsylvania 1681. Philadelphia the largest city (about 30,000); Quakers, Scotch-Irish and German settlers. SOUTH: Virginia 1607, Maryland 1632, Georgia 1732. Plantation economies relying heavily on enslaved labour. MISSING Tobacco economy detail, women, indigenous peoples, enslaved population numbers.