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Colonial American Leaders
Given a colonial leader, briefly give his accomplishment.
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04/10/2011

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Roger Williams
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Banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony and founded Providence. He argued for freedom of religion and separation of church and state
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Lord Baltimore
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Lord Baltimore received land, now known as Maryland,from King Charles I to create a haven for Catholics.
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James, Duke of York
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Charles II granted New Netherland to his brother James, Duke of York. He had to defeat the dutch settlement who had first settled the area. The Dutch did not resist. Now called New York.
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William Penn
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Penn, a Quaker, founded the colony of Pennsylvania. Penn wished to begin a “holy experiment.” Penn allowed for a representative assembly elected by landowners. Freedom of worship and religion was granted to all citizens.
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Nathaniel Bacon
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Nathaniel Bacon organized a militia and destroyed a band of Indian raiders who had been attacking the colonist. Bacon's militia acted in defiance of Sir William Berkeley, the royal governor of Virginia, who refused to act against the Indians.
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Thomas Hooker
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Hooker led a group from the Massachusetts Bay Colony to form a colony in the Connecticut River Valley. They were dissatisfied with harsh rules of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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Captain John Mason
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Mason established a fishing colony along the coast of what is now called New Hampshire. From Hampshire county, England, he died before ever seeing the colony he established.
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Sir Robert Heath
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King Charles I grants Sir Robert Heath a territory in North America that is to be called Carolina.
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Anne Hutchinson
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Banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. She moved instead to the Rhode Island Colony where she helped found Portsmouth.
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James Oglethorpe
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In 1732, he was given a charter from King George II to create a new colony which he would name Georgia.
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Captain John Smith
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A leader amongst, one of the 105 original settlers of the Jamestown colony, 1607
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Pocahontas
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Saved the life of Captain John Smith thereby fostering Native American/Colonist relationship
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Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret
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James, Duke of York, granted land to two of his friends, Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret, that would become New Jersey.
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Peter Minuit
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Best most known for legitimizing the claim of Dutch settlers on the area known today as Manhattan Island. Peter Minuit reportedly bought the land from the local indians for 60 guilders or $24.
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