| Term | Description |
| Maryland | colony formed to give religious freedom to both Catholics and Protestants |
| Georgia | colony formed to give debtors a place to make a new start |
| Carolinas | started as one colony that was set up as a farming community |
| debtors | people who owed more money than they could pay |
| slaves | people brought to America against their will and belonged to their owners for the rest of their lives |
| indentured servant | gained freedom after working to repay the person who paid for their passage to America |
| French colonies | run by military leaders who made strict rules |
| Lord Baltimore | founded the colony of Maryland |
| George Whitefield | a popular preacher during the Great Awakening |
| blacksmith | someone who makes iron into useful items |
| England | most successful in colonizing North America |
| viceroys | representatives of the King of Spain who ruled the Spanish colonies |
| proprietors | land owners who formed colonies in America |
