history chpt. 3&4 test Flashcards
Father of Pocahontas, chief of _______, helped the early English
Powhatan
The daughter of chief Powhatan, wife of John Rolfe, supposedly saved John Smith, and her Christian name was Rebecca
Pocahontas
Wampanoag Indian, was taken as a slave and lived in England for a while, helped the early Plymouth colonist and taught them how to farm, spoke English.
Squanto
Introduced tobacco to Jamestown, husband of Pocahontas
John Rolfe
Adventurer, member of the council, wrote about his adventures and was always the hero, the settlers set off his powder horn and it exploded and severely damaged his leg. He also mapped from the Carolinas to New England
John smith
Governor of Plymouth colony, he composed the mayflower compact that told how they would plan their colony
William Bradford
Governor the Dominion of New England; he was a hated man for a while because he took away their land, charters, and he said they didn’t have to go to church to vote. He was arrested and sent back to England
Edmund Andros
Wrote two treatises of government, said all people are entitled to natural rights: life, liberty, and property (things that belong to you)
John Locke
Founded Georgia, was a general, brought the first former prisoners to America to found a colony to give them a new start
James Oglethorpe
Led a revolt for backcountry farmers because they were being taxed to death and the government wouldn’t protect them from the natives.
Nathaniel Bacon
Founded Pennsylvania, he was a Quaker and a pacifists, he got the charter because the king owed his father money. Pennsylvania means Penn’s Woods
Willian Penn
He brought the first colonist to Roanoke island and was one of Elizabeth I favorites.
Walter Raleigh
Founded Massachusetts Bay Colony, his the charter, wanted the colony to be an example for Puritans
John Winthrop
Founded Rhode Island
Roger Williams
Founded Connecticut
Thomas Hooker
She was exiled from Massachusetts because she believed that God told her which priests were godly and which were not
Anne Hutchinson
First English settlement in North America
Roanoke
First permanent settlement in North America
Jamestown
Founded by William Bradford and a group of puritans
Plymouth
Both Maryland and Virginia boarded this place with many ports. It was a very important shipping source
Chesapeake Bay