| A | B |
| Deleware | First settled by Swedes |
| Miles Standish | Trained the Pilgrims to defend themselves |
| William Bradford | The governor of Plymouth during the first thanksgiving |
| Squato | Helped Pilgrims with trade and crops |
| Joint-stock companies | Charter colonies |
| Patroon colonies | Offered by the Netherlands to anyone that could bring 50 settlers |
| Proprietary colony | An individual or group that controls a colony with the king's permission |
| Royal colony | The king had direct control |
| Roger Williams | Found Providence, disagreed with Puritans, and brought land from Indians |
| Connecticut | Settled by people from Massachusetts Bay colonist who wanted more land |
| William Penn | Wanted to build a safe haven for Quakers |
| Cecilius Calvert | The Lord of Baltimore that wanted a colony for Catholics |
| James, the Duke of York | Received the former Dutch colony of New Netherlands from the King of England |