The correctly matched colony with the reason it was founded is:
Virginia - Economic
Virginia was primarily founded for economic reasons, particularly for the pursuit of wealth through the cultivation of tobacco. The other options contain inaccuracies in their reasoning for the founding of those colonies. For example, Maryland was founded for both political and religious reasons, Pennsylvania was founded primarily for religious freedoms, and Georgia was founded for social and military reasons, although it also had elements of religious refuge.
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