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| (1657-1736) Lived in the town of Haverhill on the Massachusetts frontier. On the morning of Match 158, 1697 a band of Abenakis struck Haverhill. This woman, her newborn child, and midwife were captured. Her child was killed. The two women and a boy named Samuel were marched away. This woman woke and found the Indians to be sleeping, woke the two whites, handed them hatchets and went to work. They returned to Haverhill with the scalps of the Abenakis. |
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| (1722-1793) Spent her adult years in the vicinity of Charleston, South Carolina. She was placed in charge of a plantain for her father at 17, pioneered the growth of Indigo, a deep-blue dye that would become a cash crop of Virginia, and whose children would become influential in the new America. |
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| James, Duke of York (King James II) |
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| In 1664 the king gave his brother title to all Dutch lands in North America on the condition that he conquer them. He hired Colonel Richard Nicolis to organize a small invasion force. In August 1664 the New Netherlands became the Duke of York's English province of New York. |
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| (1644-1718) first became a quaker in the early 1600's. |
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| (1606-1677) Virginians feared that this man had become a tyrant. He raised taxes while the economy was hurting, which forced small plantations to close, indentured servants did not see much opportunity in these conditions. During this time he also initiated a decree that only persons owning 50 or more acres had voting privileges. |
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| (1647-1676) In 1674 had lost all his money, his father purchased land in America and he became friends with Berkely on arrival. When his request for a trading permit was denied he began to oppose Berkely at every turn, eventually leading an uprising against the governor. |
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| (1637-1714) He as a man of aristocratic bearing with impressive military credentials. Upon debarking from his ship in 1686 he demanded a building be built for Anglican services in Puritan country. He levied taxes, quitrents, and prosecuted violators of the Navigation Acts. |
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| (1642-1727) Often considered the father of the Enlightenment. |
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| (1706-1790) best known colonial scientist. |
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| propenent of innoculation |
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| (1703-1758) Minister who believed that being experiencing Gods grace was necessary to the full appreciation of the universe and its laws. |
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