| A | B |
|---|
| John Rolfe | Developed a strain of tobacco that made the VA colony economically viable |
| John Winthrop | Puritan leader who wrote "City Upon a Hill" |
| Roger Williams | Settled Rhode Island colony as he was expelled by Puritans |
| Pope Alexander VI | Established the Line of Demarcation |
| Vasco da Gama | First to sail around the tip of Africa to India |
| Bartholomew Dias | First to reach the tip of Africa |
| John Smith | Created laws in Jamestown to ensure its survival |
| George Whitefield | Methodist preacher who is known for his religious fervor |
| Cotton Mather | Advisor during the Salem Witch Trials |
| Nathaniel Bacon | Led a rebellion against Gov. Berkeley |
| James Oglethorpe | Settled Georgia |
| Quakers | PA is home to this religious group |
| Scots-Irish | Ethnic group who settled backwoods VA, MD, N & S Carolina |
| Sir Francis Drake | English explorer who pirated the Spanish ships |
| Henry the Navigator | Portugese explorer who set up a school for sailors |
