Matching Pairs USI 5a Early British Colonies (D)Online version Match the early North American colonies founded by England. by Mr M 1 Jamestown 2 Roanoke Island, North Carolina 3 Pennsylvania 4 Georgia 5 Plymouth 6 Massachusetts Bay Colony Settled by debtor's who wanted economic freedom. Economic Venture by the Virginia Company of London in 1607. Settled by separatists from the Church of England who wanted to avoid religious persecution Was a failed economic venture by the Lost Colony that disappeared. Settled by Puritans who wanted to avoid religious persecution Settled by Quakers that wanted freedom to practice their faith without interference.