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| Catholic priest who found issue with corrupt Church practices in the early 16th century and decided to split with the Church in 1517, beginning the Protestant Reformation. |
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Founder of the Protestant religion that became known as Calvinism.
-His main doctrine was that of predestination, which stated that God had known for all time who was destined for heaven and for hell. |
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| One of the most accomplished and effective governors of the Plymouth colony. Read Greek, Latin, French, and Dutch. Annually elected governor |
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| One of the Puritans who obtained the Massachusetts Bay Company charter and set out for New England in 1630. Became New England's first governor |
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| Woman who challenged Puritan tradition after being put on trial she was banished, she moved to New York and was eventually killed by Indians |
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| The man who founded Rhode Island in 1636. |
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| Became king of England during the English civil war and created the Dominion of New England to enforce royal authority in the colonies to a greater extent. |
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| Autocratic head of the Dominion of New England who established his headquarters in Boston. He put restrictions on the assemblies and meetings, the press, and the schools. He also tightly enforced the Navigation Laws. |
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| Was Enthroned after James II was dethroned during the Glorious Revolution. |
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| James II's daughter who was enthroned during the Glorious Revolution. |
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| English explorer and navigator of the early 1600s who was hired by the Dutch East India Company to sail northeast and search for a western route to Asia. He decided to explore Delaware Bay and New York Bay, instead, and traveled up the Hudson River with the thought that this may have been the western passage. |
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| Was given New Amsterdam in 1664 by his brother Charles II and renamed it New York. |
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| A Quaker who founded Pennsylvania in 1681 |
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