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Colonists
13 Colonies Study- Important People
Term | Definition |
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John White | led the second group of settlers that settled on Roanoke Island |
Peter Stugvesant | Dutch Governor of New Netherland (Middle Colonies) |
John Smith | English Explorer and leader of Jamestown Settlement |
James Oglethorpe | founded Georgia colony (Southern Colonies) |
William Penn | English Quaker who founded Pennsylvania colony (Middle Colonies) |
John Winthrop | Purtian leader served as governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (New England Colonies) |
Walter Raliegh | English explorer who helped set up first colony in NA- Roanoke Colony |
George Calvert | Member of the Virginia Colony, received the original charter for Maryland (Southern Colonies) |
Cecilius Calvert | George’s son- established the Maryland Colony (Southern Colonies) |
King Charles II | English King who gained control of the Atlantic Coast of North America |
Tamanend | chief who developed peaceful relationship with William Penn (Middle Colonies) |
John Whitefield | British minister who helped lead the Great Awakening (Middle Colonies) |
Eliza Lucas Pinckney | South Carolina colonist who experimented with growing the indigo plant. (Southern Colonies) |
Anne Hutchinson | English colonist that was expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony because of her religious beliefs |
Roger Williams | Founder for Providence (now Rhode Island) he was forced to leave Massachusetts Bay colony (New England Colonies) |
Olandah Equiano | former enslaved person who wrote a book about his life (Southern Colonies) |