Hernan Cortez was the conquistador who became famous for leading

the military expedition that initiated the Spanish

Conquest of Mexico. Cortés was part of the generation
of European colonizers that began the first phase of
the Spanish colonization of the Americas.
Francisco Pizzaro was a Spanish conquistador, conqueror of the Inca
Empire and founder of the city of Lima, the modern-
day capital of Peru. Pizarro was born in Trujillo,
(Extremadura), Spain.
Bartolome de las Casas was a 16th century Spanish priest, and the first
resident Bishop of Chiapas. As a settler in the New
World, he was galvanized by witnessing the brutal
torture and genocide of the Native Americans by the
Spanish colonists
Queen Elizabeth
Richard Hakluyt was an English writer, famous for his Voyages, which
provided William Shakespeare and others with
material, and was a foundation for the travel literature
genre. Encouraged travel to Americas.
John Smith Established Jamestown, saved by Pocahontas.
John Rolfe He is credited with the first successful cultivation of
tobacco as an export crop in the Colony of Virginia
and is known as the husband of Pocahontas, daughter
of the chief of the Powhatan Confederacy.
William Bradford Leader of Plymouth colony, came on Mayflower
John Winthrop Led Puritans to Massachusets Bay Colony
William Penn Founded Pennsylvania, Quaker
Peter Stuyvesant Dutch Director General of New Netherland,1672,
founded Wall Street
James Oglethorpe English general, philanthropist, founder of Georgia
Nathaniel Bacon Colonist and plantation owner, bacon’s rebellion,
hated N.A’s
Anne Hutchinson Puritan outlawed to Rhode Island
Roger Williams Seperation of church and state, friendly towards
Indians, also founded Rhode Island
George Whitfield Puritan preacher, from Britain
Jonathan Edwards Puritan preacher, Great Awakening, from America,
scared audiences
John Locke English philosopher, influenced great awakening,
people are good, not bad
John Peter Zenger Journalist in New York, Freedom of Press
Sam Adams Federalism, sons of liberty, signed DEC, delegate to
Cont. Congress
Ben Franklin Ambassador to France, delegate of Penn, made several
small changes to Jefferson’s work
George Washington First president, general, above parties
John Adams First VP, federalist (until broke away)
Daniel Shays Unpaid war veteran, shays rebellion, MA
James Madison Worked with Jefferson to create Republicans
Thomas Jefferson Republicans, France, loved the people, give states
power
Alexander Hamilton Federalists, Britain, strong federal government, didn’t
trust average person
John Jay Head of Cont. Congress 1778, ambassador to Spain
and France, first chief justice, author of Federalist
Papers
Thomas Pinckney Very good negotiating with Spain, wealthy South
Carolinan, federalist