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Christopher Columbus

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  1. Born in Genoa as a sailor (Italy)
  2. Spain sponsored his trip to the new world (he was actually trying to get to Asia for trade)
  3. His contract with Spain included
    - be named admirable of the sea
    - receive 10% of profit
    - be governor of any land he discover
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Bartolome De Las Casas

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A priest who spoke up for the natives; wrote a book which let to a proclamation from the king of Europe stating no enslaving natives - but then this led to African slaves

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King Henry VIII

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  1. Had 6 wives
  2. Was a strong Catholic - he was named Defender of the Faith by the Pope
  3. Decided to split with the church because he wanted a divorce
  4. His first wife was a Spanish woman, who could not bare him a son (Catherine)
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Queen Elizabeth

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  1. Was the daughter of Henry VIII
  2. Became queen after the death of her sister, Mary.
  3. Never married
  4. She attempted a settlement in N. America called Roanake, did not work
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King James I

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  1. Was the king of Scotland and became king of England in 1603 (this united both countries) - he was cousin to Queen Elizabeth
  2. He was Bisexual although he was married and had children (specifically liked little boys)
  3. Derived the English bible (thus king james bible)
  4. Main achievement - authorized a plantation in N. America called the Virginia Company (James Town)
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King Charles I

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  1. Became King after the death of James I

2. Was beheaded by his own people during the war between the church of England and the puritans.

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Powhata

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  1. Chief of Indian tribe in eastern Virginia (represented over 10,000 Indians)
  2. Father to Pocahontas
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John Smith

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  1. Came to James town with the original settlers
  2. Became leader when all the other leaders died - leadership included everyone to work
  3. Enjoyed venturing into the woods where he was captured by the Indians
  4. Pocahontas saved his life
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Pocahontas

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  1. The youngest (most favorite) daughter to Chief Powhata
  2. Real name is Matoaka
  3. Was kidnapped by English settlers, eventually chose to join them and converted to Christianity
  4. Was Baptisted and renamed Lady Rebecca
  5. Married John Rolfe and had a son, moved to London
  6. After a few months in London, she became sick with lung disease and died at 20
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John Rolfe

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  1. Married Pocahontas at 28 (was widowed)
  2. Had a son called Thomas
  3. Died in Jamestown during the massacred
  4. Brought to England tabacco
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William Bradford

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  1. Governor of Plymouth

2. He was a Pilgrim - wanted the right to worship as they see fit, but only wanted their own religion

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Massasoit

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  1. Chief of Wampanoag tribe
  2. Befriended the Pilgrims
  3. Included in the first thanksgiving 1621
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John Winthrop

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  1. Governor of Massachusetts “a city upon a hill”

2. Was a Puritan

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Roger Williams

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  1. Was a Puritan Minister in Salem who started questing it (thought the puritans could not tell other to follow
  2. Was accused with teaching false opinions and banished from Salem
  3. Created a new colony out of Massachusetts - Rhode Island (set no laws as for religion, no tax for the church
  4. was given the name “Father of Religious Freedom”
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Anne Huchinson

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  1. Was from Massachusetts Bay (Puritan)
  2. Was put on trial for having different views and undermining the stability of the social system
  3. Moved to new york and years later massacred by Indians.
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William Penn

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  1. Was a Quaker (a religious group calm and hard working, was against war and fighting)
  2. Founder of Pennsylvania
  3. King of England gave him land in the new world where he brought other Quakers with him
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Metacom “King Philip”

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  1. Was the Indian Chief of the Wampanoag tribe (the son of Massasoit)
  2. Started the “king Philips War” or ‘metacomb war”; one of the biggest war thousands of people died and over 50 Puritan town destroyed.
  3. He was captured (actually brought in by one of his own kind - they wanted reward money)
  4. He was killed and his head put on display for 20 years in Plymouth 1676
  5. Wife and children were sold into slavery in Bermuda
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King Charles II

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  1. Parliament of England goes to France to get Charles II to reinstate a king again (he was the son of Charles I - beheaded king)
  2. Banned gambling and drinking (was punishable by death)
  3. Died in 1685
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King James II

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  1. Was the younger brother of Charles II
  2. He was over thrown (the people thought he was secretly Catholic b/c his wife was a strong Catholic)
  3. Ended up fleeing to France after his daughter Mary (from his first marriage) and her Husband landed on England to be the new ruler. - William was a dutch prince
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William and Mary

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  1. Was asked to rule England when King Jame’s Catholic wife gave birth to a son
  2. William was a dutch prince
  3. They both were Protestant
  4. They agreed to give up the royal rights to suspend laws, appoint courts, keep a standing army, and levy taxes except by Parliament’s consent.
  5. Known as the “Glorious Revolution”
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Sir Edmund Andros

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  1. Was sent to Boston as the new governor to take control of the Dominion of New England
  2. His role was to force Puritans back into the church of England by king James II
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William Berkeley

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  1. Arrived in 1642 as Virginia’s governor
  2. Looked over the colony’s growth for 35 years; such as tobacco
  3. Promoted trade
  4. Governor during the time Virginia started to settle down
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Nathaniel Bacon

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  1. Led the Freedmans in the Bacon Rebellion of 1676
  2. They burned James Town to the ground (even though it was already abandoned) thus ended the ROLE of Freedmans and resorting to only black slaves.
  3. He became ill and died a month later
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Jonathan Edwards

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  1. One of the foremost preachers of the first awakening
  2. Dramatically described the torments that awaited sinners in the afterlife
  3. His best speech “sinners in the hands of an angry god”
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Benjamin Franklin

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  1. Lived from (born Boston) 1706-1790 and had 3 careers
    - printer (in Philadelphia)
    - scientist & inventor (began in his 40s)
    - Diplomat & statesman
  2. pbulished the Pennsylvania Gazette @24 then Created Poor Richards Almanac @26(screen name was richard saunders)
  3. Founded a library
  4. Created Franklin stove (less heat and smoke)
  5. Was the first editorial cartoonist
  6. led way for the research of electricity with his kite event (did not invent electricity but did the lightening rod)
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King George III

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  1. Became king after his grandfather George II died (on a toilet) just after the French and Indian war was ending.
  2. Was responsible for implementing various acts and imposing new taxes in America including:
    - stamp act 1765
    - Townshend Duties 1767
    - The tea act 1773
    - coercive acts 1774
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Samuel Adams

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  1. the organizer of the Sons of Liberty
  2. Led the Boston Tea Party
  3. was cousin to John Adams
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John Adams

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  1. Was the defense attorney for the 8 soldiers being accused of murder during the Boston Massacre (won)
  2. Attended the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia as a Massachusetts delegate
  3. Second President
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George Washington

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  1. was appointed commander-in-chief of the continental congress army June 15, 1775 (nominated by John Adams)
  2. In charge of the battle of bunker hill (ran out of ammo lost)
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Paul Revere

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  1. Member of the “sons of liberty”
  2. Present during the Boston Massacre
  3. famous for his ride to alert the rebels; first in lexington at midnight warning john hancock and sam adams - then to concord.
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John Hancock

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Chairman of the Continental Congress; was the first to sign the declaration of independence

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Thomas Gage

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Commander in chief of the British forces in N. America, became governor of Massachusetts and assumed command of 4,000 british soldiers in Boston

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Lord Cornwallis

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in charge of the British troops in the South

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Benedict Arnold

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Member of the Continental Congress

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Marquis de Lafayette

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A 20 year old french soldier soon turned General, was one of Washington’s most trusted aid.

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Patrick Henry

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Governor of Virginia and a founding father

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George Washington

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  1. Was appointed commander in chief at the 2nd continental congress during the start of the american revolution due to his experience with the french and indian war
  2. led the battle at bunker hill
  3. became the first president
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Thomas Jefferson

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  1. Help draft the Declaration of independence

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