| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Sir Walter Raleigh | founded the colony of Roanoke |
| Roger Williams | founded the colony of Rhode Island, which offered complete religious freedom for the first time in America; founded the first Baptist church in America; treated the Indians fairly and kindly |
| John Mason | English explorer who founded New Hampshire |
| Thomas Hooker | Puritan preacher who founded Connecticut |
| William Penn | Quaker who founded Pennsylvania and established a settlement at Philadelphia |
| Sir George Carteret | co-founder of New Jersey |
| Lord John Berkeley | (2nd) co-founded of New Jersey |
| George Calvert | title was Lord Baltimore; founded Maryland as a haven for Catholics |
| James Oglethorpe | founded and acted as first governor of Georgia; a wise, brave, and kind leader |
| Queen Elizabeth I | queen of England who gave people the freedom to read the Bible for themselves; called the "Virgin Queen"; Virginia was named after her |
| King James I | the settlement of Jamestown was named after him; this English king wanted to accomplish the following; find a sea route through America to India to find gold, silver, and other valuable minerals; find the people of the Lost Colony of Roanoke; and teach the American Indians about Christianity |
| King Charles I | English king who granted the Massachusetts Bay Company a large tract of land in the New England area |
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