The document discusses the founding and settlement of the original 13 colonies in British North America. It explains that Roanoke Island was established as an economic venture but was later "lost". Jamestown was settled in 1607 by the Virginia Company as an economic venture. Plymouth Colony was settled by Separatists in 1620 who wanted to avoid religious persecution in England. The Massachusetts Bay Colony was settled by Puritans in 1630 for similar reasons. Pennsylvania permitted religious freedom and was settled by Quakers like William Penn in 1681. Debtors were sent to Georgia to start new lives with economic freedom in 1732.