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......
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