People

6. Washington, skilled leader and Commander in Chief of the Continental Army; first president
7. III, King of England of whose economic and political policies led to the American Revolution
8. Oglethorpe, founded Georgia as fresh start to debtors; limited farm size; prohibited slavery
10. colonist who remained loyal to Great Britain; opposed Independence
13. Jefferson, primary author of the Declaration of Independence; 3rd president
14. opposed adoption of the Constitution
16. Adams, founder of the Sons of Liberty who participated in the Boston Tea Party

1. colonists who supported US independence
2. Williams, Puritan minister banished from Massachusetts who founded Rhode Island; believed in separation of church and state; believed in religious freedom
3. Baltimore, Catholic who founded Maryland as a safe haven for Catholics; gave religious freedom to all Christians
4. Franklin, founding father who was a statesmen; inventor; printer, philosopher (but never President)
5. supported ratification of the Constitution
9. Penn, Quaker who established Pennsylvania; believed in religious freedom, peace, and equality of men and women
11. Hooker, Puritan Minister of Connecticut who limited government power and expanded right to vote in the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
12. Winthrop, Puritan minister who attempted to create Utopian Society in Massachusetts Bay Colony; only Puritans could vote
15. Paine, author of Common Sense which convinced colonists to separate from Great Britain