| A | B |
| Sir Walter Raleigh | Explorer; claimed land for England and Queen |
| Roanoke | Lost Colony |
| Joint Stock Company | Pooled money as a business venture to support colonies |
| Charter | Permission from monarchy to start colony |
| John Smith | Leader of Virginia "no work, no food" |
| Virginia | Main settlement was Jamestown |
| Virginia Hous of Burgess/Mayflower Compact | Steps to self government |
| Massachusets | Plymouth was set up for religious freedom |
| Puritans | Wanted to reform chucrch of England- break from Catholics |
| Pilgrims | Escaping religious persecution; Thanksgiving |
| New Hampshire | Founded by John Wheelwright in Exter |
| Connecticut | Fundamental orders; Thomas Hooker; Hartford |
| Maryland | Lord Baltimore; St. Marys |
| Rhode Island | Roger Williams; Providence |
| Delaware | Peter Minuit; Wilmington |
| N. Carolina | Group of investors; Albemarie County |
| S. Carolina | Group of investors; Charlestown |
| New York | Investors; Duke of York; NYC |
| New Jersey | Barkeley/Carteret founded it; Salem |
| Pennsylvania | William Penn; Philadelphia |
| Quakers | Protestants in PA |
| Georgia | James Oglethorpe; Debtors haven |