| A | B |
| New England Colonies | include the colonies of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire |
| Middle Colonies | include the colonies of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware |
| Southern Colonies | include the colonies of Virginia, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, and South Carolina |
| William Penn | founder of Pennsylvania colony |
| John Winthrop | founder of Massachusetts colony |
| Puritans | group of people living in Massachusetts colony |
| Duke of York | founder of New York colony after it was taken from the Dutch |
| John Smith | founder of Virginia colony in 1607 |
| plantation | large farm that required many workers |
| indentured servent | a free man that agreed to work for a set amount of time in exchange for some land and passage to the colonies |
| cash crop | grown in the southern colonies, grown mainly to be sold for profit |
| tobacco | the main cash crop of Virginia |