| A | B |
| Established by Walter Raleigh | First English settlement |
| Jamestown | First English permanent colony |
| 1607 | Date Jamestown was established |
| New England settlers | Puritans |
| Reason for NE settlements | Religious freedom |
| Covenent Community | Based on religion and Mayflower Compact |
| Form of Direct Democracy | NE Town meetings |
| Mid-Atlantic Settlers | Immigrants |
| Sponsored Jamestown | The Virginia Co of London |
| Mayflower Compact | idea of colonial self government |
| Great Migration | thousands left England to escape religious persecution |
| Great Awakening | New interest in religion |
| Southern Colonies | Settled for economic opportunity |
| Virginia nobility | Cavaliers |
| Social Status in South | Based on amount of land owned |
| Land in South | given by Charles I |
| House of Burgesses | First elected assembly in New World |
| Early Exploration | Led to violent conflicts |
| Native Americans | often died from "Silent Conqueror" |
| Growth in the Southern colonies | Led to slavery |
| Southern economic system | Plantation |
| Colonial economies varied | Because of geography |
| New England Economies | fishing, subsistence farming, shipbuilding |
| Middle Colonies included | NY, PA, MD |
| Followed Church of England | Southern Colonists |
| Labor Needs on Plantations | Filled by African Slaves |
| Development of Slavery | Leads to conflict between North and South |
| Conflict with Indians | Over Land |