| Colony | Date | Original Colony Type | Religion | Status in 1750 | Economic Activity |
| Virginia | 1624 | Proprietary | Church of England | Royal | Tobacco, wheat |
| Massachusetts | 1630 | Proprietary | Congregationalist | Royal | Fishing, mixed farming, shipbuilding materials, shipping |
| Maryland | 1632 | Royal | Catholic | Royal | Tobacco, wheat |
| Carolina | 1663 | Proprietary | Church of England | Royal | |
| North | 1691 | Shipbuilding materials, farming | |||
| South | 1691 | Rice, indigo | |||
| New Jersey | 1664 | Proprietary | Church of England | Royal | Wheat |
| New York | 1664 | Proprietary | Church of England | Royal | Furs, naval stores, mixed farming, shipping |
| Pennsylvania | 1681 | Proprietary | Quaker | Proprietary | Wheat |
| Delaware | 1704 | Proprietary | Lutheran/Quaker | Proprietary | Furs, farming, shipping |
| Georgia | 1732 | Trustees | Church of England | Royal | Rice |
| New Hampshire (separated from Massachusetts) | 1741 | Royal | Congregationalist | Royal | Mixed farming, lumber, shipbuilding materials |