| A | B |
| Atlantic Coast | where 13 colonies were located |
| corporate colonies | colonies formed by investors for profit |
| Atlantic Ocean | body of water English settlers crossed to get to North America |
| Jamestown | 1st permanent settlement |
| Proprietary | colonies ruled by friends of king |
| Royal colony | colony ruled by the King |
| Roanoke | lost colony |
| charter | legal document giving rights to company to settle land |
| protestants | people (Christians) who protested Catholic religion and formed new religions |
| Appalachian Mts | physical barrier that separated 1st settlers to rest of US |