| Term | Definition |
| religious freedom | (rationale)MBC |
| religious freedom | (rationale)PBC |
| European rivalries | (rationale)NY |
| religious freedom | (rationale)CT |
| religious freedom | (rationale)RI |
| religious freedom | (rationale)PA |
| religious freedom | (rationale)MD |
| economic gain | (rationale)VA |
| economic gain | (rationale)SC |
| buffer and deader | (rationale)GA |
| Winthrop | (founder)MBC |
| Bradford/Standish | (founder)PBC |
| peter minuet | (founder)NY |
| hooker | (founder)CT |
| Roger Williams | (founder)RI |
| William Penn/ Jr. | (founder)PA |
| Calvert family | (founder)MD |
| Virginia company | (founder)VA |
| rich guys | (founder)SC |
| Oglethorpe | (founder)GA |
| city upon a hill, puritan colony | (detail) MBC (alphabetically)2 |
| first thanks giving, mayflower compact, pilgrims/separatists | (detail) PBC (alphabetically)3 |
| GB takes over Dutch colony and renames after the king's brother | (detail) NY |
| Hartford, MBC problems | (detail) CT (alphabetically)2 |
| problems MBC, providence plantations | (detail) RI (alphabetically)2 |
| first abolitionists, Philadelphia, Quakers | (detail) PA (alphabetically)3 |
| baltimore/catholics | (detail) MD (alphabetically)2 |
| JohnS Pocahontas, tobacco | (detail) VA (alphabetically)3 |
| charlestown, indigo, rice | (detail) SC (alphabetically)3 |
| savanah | (detail) GA |