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Unit 1 - People
Growth of the Colonies
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| John Winthrop | Puritan leader; came to Massachusetts Bay Colony; wanted to be able to practice his religion freely, but didn't want others to be able to practice other religions |
| William Penn | Founded Pennsylvania Colony; he was a Quaker (Christian religion); wanted a strong, fair government that tolerated other religion; treated Native Americans as trade partners |
| Roger Williams | Founded Rhode Island; believed in buying land from the Native Americans |
| Elizabeth Key | Grinstead Her bravery and fight for justice made her one of the first African American women in the colonies to successfully win freedom through the courts |
| Benjamin Lay | A religious Christian; argued that God sees all human beings as equal, so how can people treat each other as unequal? Enslavement is wrong |
| Jenny Slew | Her mother was a free White woman and her father was a Black man in Ipswich; Jenny was kidnapped and forced into enslavement after three years of being enslaved, Jenny sued and she won! |