Flashcards
Chapter 3 important peoples
Flashcards do conjunto (5)
- 1Who was Eliza Lucas?English woman who developed the crop Indigo
- 2Who was Chief PowhatanRuler of most indigenous tribes in Chesapeake Bay region
Father of (Matoaka) Pocahontas
Led main political and military power facing the early colonists - 3Pocahontas (Matoaka)Powhatan chief's daughter
Married John Rolfe after he kidnapped her and forced her to convert and be baptized under the name 'Rebecca'
They were married to gain help of the quiakros with his tobacco crops since they were in charge of tobacco - 4John WinthropFormer Gov. of Massachusetts Bay colony
- 5John CabotEnglish explorer who discovered Newfoundland and New Netherlands (NY) in the 1400's