Period 2 (1607-1754) Names

Question 1

Sir Walter Raleigh

Answer 1

Leader of the failed Roanoke colony in 1587.

Question 2

Captain John Smith

Answer 2

Leader and founder of Jamestown. Led them to success for 5 years.

Question 3

Powhatan

Answer 3

Native American Tribe that lived in the Jamestown area. Had a somewhat peaceful agreement with colonists in order to trade.

Question 4

James Ogelthorpe

Answer 4

Leader of the first attempt to colonize present-day Georgia. Failed to succeed.

Question 5

Pocahontas

Answer 5

Native American woman who was the daughter of the chief of the Powhatan. Married John Rolfe and moved to England where she became famous for being a Native American. Supposedly saved John Smith’s life.

Question 6

Henry Hudson

Answer 6

Founded and claimed New York for the Dutch in 1609 before it was “bought” by the British.

Question 7

Peter Stuyvesant

Answer 7

Leader of the Dutch colony in modern New York before British “bought” it. Pretty much handed land to British to avoid conflict.

Question 8

Lord John Berkeley

Answer 8

Leader of New Jersey along with Sir George Carteret. Was given the land in 1664 by King James.

Question 9

Sir George Carteret

Answer 9

Leader of New Jersey along with Lord John Berkeley. Was given the land in 1664 by King James.

Question 10

William Penn

Answer 10

Quaker who was given a charter by King Charles II to found Pennsylvania in 1643.

Question 11

Lord Baltimore

Answer 11

Founded Maryland in 1632 to act as a Catholic haven.

Question 12

Roger Williams

Answer 12

Puritan dissenter who founded Rhode Island in 1635. Believed an individual’s conscience was beyond the control of any civic or church authority.

Question 13

Anne Hutchinson

Answer 13

Puritan dissenter who started a colony in Rhode Island. Believed in Antinomianism. (That only faith was needed for salvation)

Question 14

John Winthrop

Answer 14

Founder and leader of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630. Puritan minister and he delivered the famous “City on a Hill” speech.

Question 15

Sir Edmond Andros

Answer 15

Head of the short-lived Dominion of England. Disliked by colonists because of his affiliation with the Church of England.

Question 16

Thomas Hooker

Answer 16

Founder of Connecticut in 1636.

Question 17

Captain John Mason

Answer 17

Founder of New Hampshire in 1679.

Question 18

Metacom

Answer 18

Native American who led a group of tribes in a rebellion over a lack of respect for Native Americans. Known by colonists as King Philip.

Question 19

Nathaniel Bacon

Answer 19

Led Bacon’s Rebellion in Jamestown in 1676 due to clashes over land with Native Americans.

Question 20

Anthony Johnson

Answer 20

A black man who bought his way out of slavery, and then bought black slaves to work on his farm. He is used as an example of how slavery was not initially racially based.

Question 21

Jacob Leisler

Answer 21

Led Leisler’s Rebellion in New York.