From the September 27, 2021 History.com.
I'm just listing them. Go to the site to find out the background.
1. Connecticut enacted the first constitution in America. Late 1630s.
2. Maryland was founded as a haven for Catholics.
3. Massachusetts was the birthplace of American iron industry.
4. Pennsylvania was created to pay a debt.
5. New Jersey had the alternate name of New Caesarea. (The Roman name for the island of Jersey in England.)
6. Virginia's most lucrative crop was tobacco, even though it was opposed by the king and the Virginia Company.
--CootCol
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