introduced the growing of tobacco in America
John Rolfe
started a colony at Providence, Rhode Island and granted religious freedom to everyone
Roger Williams
an English privateer who sailed around the world and was nicknamed "el Draco" by the Spanish
Sir Francis Drake
a Puritan general who overthrew the English king and made himself the ruler of England
Oliver Cromwell
saved Captain John Smith's life and married John Rolfe
Pocahontas
attempted to find a northwest passage to the Indies
John Cabot
Quaker governor of New Jersey and Pennsylvania
William Penn
Algonquin Indian chief
Powhatten
governor of Jamestown who made every colonist work
Captain John Smith
chief of the Wampanoag Indians; the settlers called him "King Philip"
Metacom
Dutch governor of New Amsterdam who surrendered to the English in 1664
Peter Stuyvesant
Wampanoag Indian chief who taught Pilgrims how to farm
Massasoit
the second Lord Baltimore who settled Maryland
Cecil Calvert
a favorite of Queen Elizabeth I; established colonies in Virginia
Sir Walter Raleigh
started the colony of Portsmouth in Rhode Island
Anne Hutchinson
one of the "corny" main dishes at Charlie Brown's Thanksgiving feast
popcorn