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AP US History: American Pageant Chapter 2 20241. Lord De La Warr: New governor of Jamestown who arrived in 1610, immediately
imposing a military regime in Jamestown and declaring war against the Powhatan
Confederacy. Employed "Irish tactics" in which his troops burned houses and
cornfields.
2. Pocahontas: Indian princess, daughter of Powhatan; friend to Jamestown
settlers, because of her influence, helped save the colony of Jamestown; married
John
Rolfe which led to a time of peace between the English and the Indians
3. Powahatan: Chief of the Powhatan Indians- father of Pocahantas
4. Handsome Lake: A Seneca, who led the most important revivalism among
Native Americans, had a miraculous rebirth after years of alcoholism helped give
him a special stature with his tribe. His message, which mostly spread to the
remaining Iroquois, said that Native Americans should give up the nasty customs
they developed from white culture, and restore the quality of the Indian world.
5. John Rolfe: Rolfe was an Englishman who became a colonist in the early
settlement of Virginia. He is best known as the man who married the Native
American, Pocahontas and took her to his homeland of England. Rolfe was also
the savior of the Virginia colony by perfecting the tobacco industry in North
America. Rolfe died in 1622, during one of many Indian attacks on the colony.
6. Walter Raleigh: Received a charter from Queen Elizabeth I to explore the
American coastline. His ships landed on Roanoke, which became a "lost colony."
7. Lord Baltimore: Founded the colony of Maryland and offered religious freedom
to all Christian colonists. He did so because he knew that members of his own
religion (Catholicism) would be a minority in the colony.
8. James Oglethorpe: Founder and governor of the Georgia colony. He ran a
tightly-disciplined, military-like colony. Slaves, alcohol, and Catholicism were
forbidden in his colony.
9. Humphrey Gilbert: an English courtier whose interest in a Northwest Passage
through North America to the Orient led him to an unsuccessful attempt to found
an English colony in Newfoundland in the early 1580s. He was lost at sea on the
return voyage.
10. Oliver Cromwell: Englishman; led the army to overthrow King Charles I and
was successful in 1646. Cromwell ruled England in an almost democratic style
until his death. His uprising drew English attention away from Jamestown and the
other American colonies.
11. John Smith: John Smith took over the leadership role of the English
Jamestown settlement in 1608. Most people in the settlement at the time were
only there for personal gain and did not want to help strengthen the settlement.
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, Smith therefore told the people, "people who do not work do not eat." His
leadership saved the Jamestown settlement from collapsing.
12 John Wesley: Powerful evangelists of the Great Awakening. The helped spread
the message of the revival and founded Methodism. With George Whitefield, he
visited Georgia and other colonies in the 1730s.
13. Francis Drake: From 1577 to 1580, this explorer sailed to the Pacific to raid
Spanish ships. He also explored the coast of California, then continued on to be
the 2nd man to sail around the world.
14. William Penn: Penn, an English Quaker, founded Pennsylvania in 1682, after
receiving a charter from King Charles II the year before. He launched the colony
as a "holy experiment" based on religious tolerance.
15. Henry VIII: (1491-1547) King of England from 1509 to 1547; his desire to annul
his marriage led to a conflict with the pope, England's break with the Roman
Catholic Church, and its embrace of Protestantism. Henry established the
Church of England in 1532.
16. Elizabeth I: Queen in the 1570s when Britain began interest in New World. She
never made a major commitment to colonization. Full scale attempts at colonies
didn't happen until after her death in 1603. Private enterprise more important
than royal support.
17. Philip II: Supporter of Catholic Church, increased power for Spain with riches
from the Americas, Absolute Monarchy, Divine Right.
18. James I: 1606 chartered the virginia Company w/ authority to colonize N.
America
19. Charles I: King of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1625-1649). His power
struggles with Parliament resulted in the English Civil War (1642-1648) in which
Charles was defeated. He was tried for treason and beheaded in 1649
20. Charles II: in 1660 ascended the English throne and created a string of new
settlements: The Restoration Colonies; a generous but extravagant man who
was always in debt, he rewarded 8 aritocratic supporters with a gift of the
Carolinas, an area long claimed by Spain and populated by thousands of
Indians.
21. Deganawidah and Hiawatha: Iroquois leaders who told warring Iroquois
groups to stop fighting; co-founders of Iroquois Confederacy
22. George II: Became king of England in 1727, the 13th colony (Georgia) was
named after him
23. joint-stock company: A company made up of a group of shareholders. Each
shareholder contributes some money to the company and receives some share
of the company's profits and debts.
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