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Sir Walter Raleigh
He sent Arthur Barlow to what was later called Virginia. Both men failed twice to establish a
permanent colony.
Captain John Smith
Founded the first permanent colony in Jamestown in 1607.
The Virginia Company
Sent pilgrims to Virginia on the Mayflower.
Lord Baltimore
Established Maryland in 1632 to provide refuse for English Catholics.
Roger Williams
Banned from Massachussetts in 1636 because he called for separation of church and state.
Sons of Liberty
A protest group headed by Samuel Adams that incited the Revolution.
Boston Massacre
March 5, 1770, soldiers fired on a crowd and killed five people.
Committees of Correspondence
These were set up throughout the colonies to transmit revolutionary ideas and create a
unified response.
The Boston Tea Party
On Dec. 6, 1773, the Sons of Liberty, dressed as Mohawks, dumped tea into the harbor from a
British ship to protest the tea tax.
First Continental Congress
Held in 1774 to list grievances and develop a response, including boycotts.
The Shot Heard Round the World
April 1775, English solders forced to retreat from a larger group of Minutemen in Lexington,
Mass.