New York - Originally belonged to the Dutch., Georgia - Established as a buffer between English and Spanish territory., Delaware - Broke away from Pennsylvania., Pennsylvania  - Established by Quakers and William Penn., Rhode Island - Established by Roger Williams because he was banished for giving opinions in church., Anne Hutchinson - Banished for holding Bible meetings for women., John Winthrop - Became governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1628., Headright System - Grants of land, usually fifty acres per immigrant sponsored, given to landowners throughout the thirteen colonies., charter - Permission to settle an area rule. , Mayflower Compact - The first governing document of Plymouth Colony and established a civil body politic to maintain order among the Pilgrims, Slave Codes - Laws that defined the rights and duties of enslaved people and free people in relation to slavery, Royal African Company - an English trading company that operated from 1660 to 1750. The company was chartered by the English government and Charles II to trade in enslaved people, gold, and silver along the West African coast,

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