Week 2 Significant People
John Smith
- Explorer
- Early Leader of Jamestown colony
- Trained 1st settlers to farm
- Jamestown survived bc of Smith's leadership
*What do you think would have happened to Jamestown without John Smith?
John Winthrop
- Puritan
- Lawyer
- Help found Massachusetts Bay Colony
- Governor of Massachusetts for 12 years
- Influenced colonial development, governments, and religions
*How did John Winthrop contribute to colonial life?
John Rolfe
- Early English settler
- First successful tobacco crop established in the New World
- Married Pocahontas which created a peaceful climate between the Native Americans and the colonists.
*What impact did the tobacco crop have on the colony of Virginia?
William Bradford
- Massachusetts colony
- Signed the Mayflower Compact
- Served at the Plymouth Colony Governor
- Traveled to the New World on the Mayflower
*How did William Bradford contribute to the colonies?