The document summarizes the colonization of North America in the 17th century in six sections. It discusses the different types of colonies established including royal, joint stock, and proprietary colonies. It outlines the development of plantation societies focused on cash crops like tobacco in the Chesapeake and Caribbean colonies and the emergence of New England towns centered around churches and families. The middle colonies including New York and Pennsylvania developed from Dutch origins and Quaker influences. Various crises occurred throughout the colonies in the late 17th century including Bacon's Rebellion in Virginia and the Salem Witch Trials.