Key People of the Colonial Period

1. Key People of the Colonial Period Myranda, Hannah, Rev, Ally, Zach, Aliyah, Yaquin

2. John Winthrop • One of the leading figures in finding the Massachusetts Bay Colony • Led the first large wave of migrants from England in 1630 and served as governor for 20 years. • Wrote “City Upon a Hill”

3. Roger Williams • Founder of Rhode Island and believed in religious and political freedom. • Native American friendly.

4. Anne Hutchinson • English dissenter who separated from the church of England. • Held religious meetings at her house and preached her own interpretation of the bible. • Accused of blasphemy and banished from Massachusetts.

5. Charles 1 • Not very popular among most people. • Parliament had his previous throne. • Took extra taxes from people to pay for the army and became even more hated. • Caused a civil war. • Imprisoned 7 men • He was later executed for his mistakes.

6. Oliver Cromwell • An English military political leader who overthrew the English monarchy and temporarily turned England into a Republican commonwealth. • He served as Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland.

7. King Phillip • He was known for Metacon. • He married an Native American woman • King Phillips war was a war fought between English Colonies, and their Native American allies. • Leader of the Native Americans

8. Nathaniel Bacon • He was the instigator of Bacon’s Rebellion that collapsed when Bacon died from dysentery • He was a colonist of the Virginia Colony.

9. John Locke • Known as the father of Liberalism • He was an English philosopher and physician, and the most influential of the Enlightenment period .

10. Peter Stuyvesant • Served as the last Dutch director-general of the colony of New Netherland from 1647 until it was ended provisionally to the English in 1664, then it was renamed New York.

11. William Penn • Founder of Pennsylvania • He was a Quaker • He was a believer in democracy and religious freedom • He was baptized in 1644

12. Coureur de bois • He was an independent entrepreneurial French Canadian Woodsman. • He traveled in New France and the interior of North America • He traveled in the woods to trade things for fur.

13. Focus Question • Describe the extent of the British, French, and Spanish empires north of Mexico in 1700 and how they differed from each other in settlement and economic patterns.

14. The British Empire • The British Empire settled first in Massachusetts Bay, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire. Usually they were fishing villages or farming communities along the more fertile land along the rivers. While the rocky soil in the New England colonies were not as fertile as the middle or southern Colonies, the land provided rich resources including timber that was valued for building homes and ships. These colonies were located near the ocean where there was an abundance of whales, fish, and other marketable sea life!

15. The French Empire • The French first settled in much of eastern North America, on a number of Caribbean Islands, and in South America. During the 1700’s the French settled in Manakin Town, Virginia and Jamestown, Virginia. The French used the great soil that Virginia offered and many farmers like the British.

16. Spanish Empire • The Spanish settled in the Caribbean Islands, Florida, Central America, Mexico; much of the rest of North America including the Southwestern, Southern Coast, and California. The Spanish discovered South Carolina also. The Spanish colony economy was based on trade and agriculture. The earlier settlers traded with North Americans. Rice was the most important resource for the Spanish. This crop became the colony’s leading export and generated massive wealth.

17. The Tie-In • So, in many ways these empires were the same, but Spanish grew rice, French farmed by growing corn, cotton, rice, and by raising cattle. The British fished and used their rocky soil to provide timber for building ships.