Important People

1

• Important People
• of
• Colonial
• America

2
John Smith

• Soldier and Adventurer who took control of
  Jamestown
• Said He that will not work shall not eat.

3
Charles de Montesquieu 1689-1755

• Great political philosopher during Enlightenment
• Believed in the theory of separation of powers,
  where each body exercised legislative, executive
  and judicial powers.
• Had a major impact on the
• framers of the U.S. Constitution

4
William Blackstone1723-1780
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• English Judge Lawyer
• Famous for his views on
• Common Law and its principles.
• His work on the Common Law
• Legal System shaped the
• Declaration of Independence
• and the U.S. Constitution.

5
Thomas Hooker 1586-1647

• Founder of the State of Connecticut
• Famous preacher who fled England because of
  religious persecution
• Believed all men should have a voice be allowed
  to vote
• The colony used his principles to adopt the
  Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (the colonies
  first written constitution).

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Roger Williams

• Founded Rhode Island for religious freedom
• Did not believe in the strictness of the Puritan
  religion
• Believed in separation of church and state
• Founded the first Baptist church in America

7
Anne Hutchinson

• Believed a person could worship God without the
  help of a church, minister, or Bible
• Challenged church authority
• Fled to Rhode Island when she was banished from
  Massachusetts

8
John Locke1632-1704

• English philosopher during the Enlightenment
• Argued that people have natural rights life,
  liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
• These rights came from God, not the king. These
  unalienable rights were later included in the
  Declaration of Independence.

9
William Penn

• Quaker who founded Pennsylvania for religious
  freedom

10
Lord Baltimore
aka ... Sir George Calvert

• Founded Maryland for religious freedom
• Catholics were being persecuted in England
• Marylands economy was based on tobacco

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James Oglethorpe

• Founded Georgia as a refuge for debtors
• All religions were welcome