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| PURITANS | groups of very strict Protestants who left England and immigrated to North America to avoid religious persecution. |
| PILGRIMS | A member of a group of English Puritans fleeing religious persecution who founded the colony of Plymouth |
| NATIVE AMERICANS | indigenous peoples of the western hemisphere |
| JOHN LOCKE | English philosopher and political theorist; wrote Two Treaties on Government |
| THOMAS HOBBES | English philosopher and political theorist. Wrote Leviathan |
| BARON DE MONTESQUIEU | Enlightenment thinker from France who wrote a book called |
| GANDHI | leader of Indian nationalism in British-ruled India. Employing non-violent civil disobedience |
| VIRGINIA DARE | the first child of English parents born in the New World; was born in the Roanoke Colony in what is now North Carolina in August 1587 |
| CAPAIN JOHN SMITH | was the first English explorer to map the Chesapeake Bay area and New England. |
| James I | (r. 1603 - 1625) |
| Charles I | (r.1625 - 1649) |
| Charles II | (r. 1660 - 1685) |
| James II | (r. 1685 - 1688) |
| William III & Mary II | (r.1689 - 1702 [Mary d.1694]) |
| Anne | (r.1702 - 1714) |
| George I | (r.1714 - 1727) |
| George II | (r.1727 - 1760) |
| QUEEN VICTORIA (r. 1837-1901) | Queen of England during much of the colonial/imperial period; Empress of India |
| AKBAR THE GREAT | (1556-1605) Mughal Emperor during the Classic Period |
| SHAH JAHAN | (1627-1658) Golden Age of Architcture; Taj Mahal (Tomb for his wife-14TH child) |
| BAHADUR SHAH II | (1837-857) Last Mughal Emperor; Position absorbed into British Raj |
| CHIEF POWHATAN | absolute ruler of the Powhatan Confederacy of Indians; interacted with John Smith and the Jamestown Colony; father of Pocahontas. |
| POCAHONTAS | a Virginia Indian noted for her interaction with the English settlers; saved the life of Captain John Smith |
| HENRY STANLEY | explorer famous for his exploration of central Africa and his search for Scottish missionary and explorer David Livingstone. Stanley is also known for his discoveries in and development of the Congo region. |
| LIVINGSTONE | Protestant missionary martyr |
| AZTECS | A Mesoamerican civilization of Mexico who created a strong empire that flourished between the 14th and 15th century. The arrival of Hernando Cortez and the Spanish Conquistadores ended their empire |
| INCA | A Mesoamerican civilization of South America |
| MAYANS | A Mesoamerican civilization of Central America and southern Mexico. Achievements include mathematics |
