People and Places Flashcards
Duke of York
Brother of the king of England, became proprietor of New York.
John Smith
Governor of Jamestown, who was friends with the nearby Indians, the Powhatan Indians.
Pequot
Native Americans who fought a war against Massachusetts over land.
John Winthrop
A lawyer and the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
James Oglethorpe
King George II gave land to him to keep the Spanish and French away from South Carolina, he wanted to make a colony for the poor people and debtors to live so they don’t need to be in jail.
Wampanoag
American Indians during the time of the pilgrims.
Metacomet or King Philip, led the Wampanoags to a war for land. Many died or were enslaved.
William Bradford or GOVERNOR Bradford
Governor of Plymouth Colony who agreed to Massasoit to live on peace.
New England
This region of land is mainly settled by people who ant religious freedom.
Squanto
A Native American who taught the settlers how to plant corn.
William Penn
A Quaker who believed in tolerance and started the colony of Pennsylvania.
Middle Colonies
Mainly with people who want to make a living and were tolerant of different religions.
Roger Williams
He believed that the government should not make laws about religion. He was banished from Massachusetts and started Rhode Island.
Southern Colonies
Mainly with people who live on farms to make money with slaves too.
Anne Hutchinson
She had meetings in her house with men and woman who talked about religion. She also got banished from Massachusetts and went to Rhode Island.
Charleston
A city in South Carolina which had an important trading post.
Pocahontas
A Powhatan princess who helped the new settlers at Jamestown by giving them food.
New York and Philadelphia
Two important trading posts in the middle colonies.
Powhatan
An American Indian tribe who were friendly at first then the people of Jamestown took more land so they fought for it.
Cod fish
A very important item in the economy I the Massachusetts Bay Colony, now there are very few left.
Maryland
A colony started by Lord Baltimore as a refuge for Catholics.
Peter Minuet
Governor of New Netherland who bought Manhattan Island from the Manhates Indians then started a colony called New Amsterdam.
Peter Stuyvesant
Governor at the time of the English takeover of New Netherland.
