| Colony | Region | Purpose | Date | Founder | Population (1700) |
| Connecticut | New England | Religious | 1636 | Thomas Hooker | 25,970 |
| Delaware | Middle | Commercial | 1638 | Peter Minuit | 2,470 |
| Georgia | Southern | Expansion | 1733 | James Oglethorpe | 5,200 |
| Maryland | Southern | Religious | 1634 | George Calvert | 34,100 |
| Massachusetts | New England | Religious | 1630 | John Winthrop | 55,941 |
| New Hampshire | New England | Commercial | 1630 | John Mason | 4,958 |
| New Jersey | Middle | Consolidation | 1660 | Lord Berkeley | 14,010 |
| New York | Middle | Commercial | 1626 | Peter Minuit | 19,107 |
| North Carolina | Southern | Commercial | 1653 | 10,720 | |
| Pennsylvania | Middle | Religious | 1682 | William Penn | 18,950 |
| Rhode Island | New England | Religious | 1636 | Roger Williams | 5,894 |
| South Carolina | Southern | Commercial | 1670 | 5,720 | |
| Virginia | Southern | Commercial | 1607 | John Smith | 64,560 |