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| John Smith | Took command of Jamestown and ordered people to plant crops rather than search for gold and silver; said, "He who does not work, will not eat." |
| John Rolfe | Helped the Jamestown settlement become successful by learning about and having settlers grow tobacco; helped bring peace to Jamestown by marrying Pocahontas |
| Pocahontas | Daughter of Powhatan Indian chief; helped bring peace between Indians and Jamestown settlers by marrying John Rolfe |
| Pilgrims | Also known as Separatists; left England to find religious freedom; sailed to North America on the "Mayflower"; settled in Plymouth in 1620; celebrated first Thanksgiving with Wampanoag Indians |
| Mayflower Compact | Plan for own government created by Pilgrims; agreed to make laws for the "general good" of the colony and to obey them |
| Plymouth | Founded by the Pilgrims in 1620; many settlers died the first winter; settlers had help from Squanto and other Indians to survive the next winter |
| Squanto | Native American who helped the Pilgrims learn to plant crops and guided them in hunting and fishing |
| Puritans | Sought to purify the Church of England and sought religious freedom by establishing colony in North America; started the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630 at Salem and later Boston |
| John Winthrop | Leader of the Puritans and first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony |
| Peter Minuit | First governor of New Netherland colony; bought Manhattan Island for about $24 worth of beads and other trinkets; established a colony for Sweden in Delaware |
| Peter Stuyvesant | Became governor of New Netherland; disliked for passing harsh laws and intolerance of other religions; lost control of New Netherland when colonists refused to fight the English in 1664 |
| Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet | Explored the Mississippi River seeking a water route to the Pacific Ocean; also established missions in New France |
