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SS - Unit 1 - People
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| John Winthrop | -Puritan leader -Massachusetts Bay Colony -Wanted to be able to practice his religion freely -Didn’t want others to be able to practice other religions |
| William Penn | -Founded Pennsylvania Colony -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 | -Brave -Fought for justice -One of the first African American women in the colonies to successfully win freedom through the courts |
| Benjamin Lay | -Christian -Argued that God sees all human beings as equal, so how can people treat each other as unequal? -Believed enslavement is wrong |
| Jenny Slew | -Mother was a free White woman -Father was a Black man in Ipswich -Kidnapped and forced into enslavement -After three years of being enslaved, Jenny sued and she won! |