| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Virginia | Southern colony with Jamestown, main crop tobacco |
| Maryland | Founded by Lord Baltimore, safe haven for Catholics, Act of Toleration |
| South Carolina | Supply station for indies, rice plantations |
| North Carolina | Outcasts from SC and VA, hospitable to pirates |
| Georgia | Buffer state with Spanish Florida, "charity colony" with many shady people |
| Massachusetts | Puritans lead by William Bradford, landing site of Pilgrims. Later lead by John Winthrop, "city on a hill" |
| Rhode Island | Established by Roger Williams who was kicked out of MA, religious toleration and "Lord's Debris" |
| Connecticut | Est by Reverend Thomas Hooker, self-governing, creates Fundamental Orders |
| New Hampshire | Fishing and trading overgrowth of MA |
| New York | Originally Dutch settlement, Duke of York threatens his way into the land |
| Pennsylvania | Quaker colony, lead by William |
| New Jersey | Duke of York gives parts to Berkely and Carteret, which goes to Quakers |
| Delaware | Originally by Swedes, taken over by Dutch, then controlled by PA |
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