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Faith Academy English Midterms
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11th Grade
02/13/2013

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John Smith
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Established the Jamestown, Virginia Colony

Wrote one of the first English books on America

Captured by Indians and helped by Pocahontas
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William Bradford
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Became part of a Separatist congregation

Final Destination on voyage to the New World was Plymouth Harbor

Governed a colony for over 30 years
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Edward Taylor
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Received a degree from Harvard College

Had his poems discovered in a Yale library after his death

Ministered on the frontier for over 50 years
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Jonathan Edwards
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Became president of Princeton University

Graduated from Yale with the highest honors

Inspired revival with his convicting sermons
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Anne Bradstreet
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Lost her family home in a house fire

Most of her poems were published after her death
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Sarah Kemble Knight
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Journeyed from Boston to New York on horseback

Her journal was discovered nearly 100 years after her death
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Mary Rowlandson
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Captured by Indians

Made references to Scripture of 50 times in her account
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Benjamin Franklin
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Wrote anonymous letters which were a huge hit

Drafted the Constitution
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Patrick Henry
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Accused of treason after one of his speeches

Instrumental in forming the First Continental Congress
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Thomas Paine
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Involved in the French Revolution as well as the American Revolution

First pamphlet, "Common Sense," sold half a million copies
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Thomas Jefferson
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Drafted the Declaration of Independance

Donated books that became the core of the Library of Congress
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