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identifications 1. Historical People a. Chapter 2 i. John Rolfe- Settled in Virginia. Father of the Tobacco Industry. Married Pocahontas but she died just before
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of stranded individuals. This situation is due to the difficulty in making specific identifications of these animals at sea and the relative rarity of sighting them
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1. Historical People
a. Chapter 2
i. John Rolfe- Settled in Virginia. Father of the Tobacco Industry. Married Pocahontas but she died just before returning to Virginia. Died in 1622, during an Indian Uprising, but historians aren't sure how he died.
ii. Walter Raleigh-sponsored a settlement on Roanoke Island. Half brother to Sir Humphrey and Sir John Gilbert. In 1585, he was made governor of Jersey. Raleigh arranged for the construction of "The Ark Royal". Raleigh was framed as a member of a plot against the throne and sentenced to life imprisonment. He was executed on 1618 and he asked to see the axe and said "This is a sharp Medicine, but it is a Physician for all Diseases."
iii. Powhatan-A local Indian Tribe that helped the English survive. Were settled in Virginia but were forced to move from the British to the North (Pennsylvania and New Jersey)
iv. Lord Baltimore- AKA Sir George Calvert. Was knighted by King James in 1617. Then he was commissioned as one of the principal Secretaries of State in 1619. Found Maryland in 1634
v. James Oglethorpe-Military leader when Spain attacked Georgia. Was elected to the committee investigating penal conditions in 1722. On Feb. 12, 1733, he founded Savannah.
vi. Handsome Lake-Iroquois Religious Leader. He taught family values, abstinence and practiced ceremonies and songs.
vii. Humphrey Gilbert- Humphrey Gilbert was the second son of Otho Gilbert and Katherine Champernowne. But his father died in 1547 and his mother re-married Walter Raleigh. He was knighted in 1570 by Lord Deputy, Sir Henry Sidney. He was elected to represent Plymouth in Parliament in 1571
viii. John Smith-When he was 20, he joined the Austrian Force to fight the Turks in the "Long War". While he was fighting in Hungary, he was promoted Captain. However, he was wounded in battle and was sold as a slave to the Turks, but managed to escape and settle in Jamestown. In December 1607, he was...
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