| A | B |
|---|
| New Jersey | Swedish exploration to the South and Dutch trading in the North |
| New York | settled for Dutch trading before the British took it over |
| Georgia | created to give British debtors another chance |
| Maryland | settled for Catholics to escape persecution in England |
| New Hampshire and Rhode Island | settlers were banished for disagreeing with the Puritan way of life |
| Carolina | established the farm trade in the Americas |
| Connecticut | created to spread the Puritan way of life |
| Pennsylvania | a colony open to all religions |
