| A | B |
|---|
| Virginia | colony founded in 1607 to make money |
| Jamestown | first English settlement in America |
| Massachusetts | Colony started in 1620 for religious freedom |
| Puritans | people who wanted to change or purify the Church of England |
| New Hampshire | Colony started in 1623 as a fishing colony |
| John Mason | helped settle New Hampshire |
| Maryland | Colony settled in 1634 to make money and as a haven for Catholics |
| Lord Baltimore | Helped settle Maryland |
| Connecticut | settled in 1636 by people from Massachusetts wanting more religious freedom |
| Thomas Hooker | helped settle Connecticut |
| Rhode Island | Colony settled in 1636 by people that supported Separation of Church and State |
| Roger Williams | Helped settle Rhode Island after being kicked out of Massachusetts |
| Delaware | Colony settled in 1638, first named New Sweden |
| Peter Minuit | Helped settle Delaware |
| North Carolina | Colony settled in 1653 by a group of Virginians |
| South Carolina | Colony settled in 1663 after splitting with North Carolina |
| New Jersey | Colony settled in 1664 after the Duke of York gave part of New Netherland to two of his friends |
| Lord Berkeley and George Carteret | Friends that were given part of New Netherland and made New Jersey |
| New York | Was first New Netherland but was named after the Duke of York |
| Pennsylvania | Colony started in 1682 to enable religious freedom for Quakers |
