Matching Pairs New England Colonies MatchingOnline version Match the correct colonial region characteristic with the specific colony. by Nellie Brooke 1 Escape religious persecution in Massachusetts 2 Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson 3 Jamestown 4 Plymouth 5 Thomas Hooker 6 Self-government 7 Pilgrims and Puritans Mayflower Compact Founded for a commercial profit ($) Massachusetts Connecticut Rhode Island Founded to escape religious persecution Reason for founding Rhode Island