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How can I stop OS X Lion from reopening multiple terminal windows when I relaunch Terminal.app? When I launch terminal, two windows spawn.

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Enter the following in Terminal:

defaults write com.apple.Terminal NSQuitAlwaysKeepsWindows -bool false

This disables Lion's resume feature for Terminal only.

If you want to disable resuming application "document" windows globally, go to System Preferences » General » Restore windows when quitting and re-opening apps:

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