People Flashcards
(30 cards)
John Smith
leader at Jamestown
Pocahontas
Wife of John Rolfe of Powhatan tribe
Anne hitchinson
Woman who spoke out against grace of the puritan mentality believe that you should be praised are punished individually and is banished from her colony for this
Roger Williams
believes in a complete split from the church of England and the Native Americans should get something in exchange for the land that English takes so was banished from Massachusetts and founds RI
Quakers
believes in complete pacifism, doctrine of inner light and all are equal in the church
King Phillip
Metacom, leader of Wanpanoag, wants English to leave, called KP because he had large ambition but failed
merchantilist
belief in the benefits of profitable trading, commercialism
George whitefield
itinerant preacher
John Edwards
founder of great awakening
George Washjngton
British leader, built ft necessity, wanted to capture ft Duquesne but failed
Joseph Brant
Mohawk Indian, convinced tribes to leave the French and join British
William Pitt
teaches soldiers to fight using guerrilla ware fare, ft Duquesne is renamed ft Pitt, has idea of taxing colonies to pay for British was efforts
Albany Plan of Union
first attempt at having national representative government
Paul revere
midnight rider, hung lanterns in old north church to warn colonists when the British were coming
Samuel Adams
Patriot hiding in Lexington and concord where they stored ammunition
John adams
American representative at the negotiation of the treaty of Paris, part of the First Continental Congress, America’s first Vice President
Kim George
King during American revolution, my colonies are revolting
Thomas Paine
writer of common sense, a pamphlet that urged colonist to stop pretending loyalty and just fight
Common sense
advocates split between America and Britain
John Locke
enlightenment thinker that influence the Declaration of Independence, supported natural rights or individual rights: individual rights referred to the liberties of each individual to pursue life and gold without interference from other individuals of the government
baron Von Steuben
American leader during Valley Forge he formally trained the American army as they have better fighting
Benedict Arnold
can revolution leader the traded to the British
Thomas Jefferson
writer of DOI
Alexander Hamilton
founding father from New York, he becomes a federalist, and commences New York to get out of the corrupt state government, by signing the constitution, Federalist papers writer