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James Oglethorpe

A British soldier, Member of Parliament, and philanthropist, and the founder of the Province of Georgia in what was then colonial-era British America. As a social reformer, he hoped to resettle Britain's "worthy poor" in the New World, initially focusing on those in debtors' prisons.

William Penn

An English writer, religious thinker, and influential Quaker who founded the Province of Pennsylvania during the British colonial era.

Lord Baltimore

An English politician, peer and lawyer who was the first proprietor of Maryland.

Roger Williams

An English-born New England Puritan minister, theologian, and author who founded Providence Plantations, which became the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and later the State of Rhode Island.

Thomas Hooker

A prominent English colonial leader and Congregational minister, who founded the Connecticut Colony after dissenting with Puritan leaders in Massachusetts.

George Whitefield

An Anglican cleric and evangelist who was one of the founders of Methodism and the evangelical movement.

Jonathan Edwards

An American revivalist preacher, philosopher, and Congregationalist theologian. A leading figure of the American Enlightenment.

Quakers

People who belong to the Religious Society of Friends, a historically Protestant Christian set of denominations. Members of these movements are generally united by a belief in each human's ability to experience the light within or "answering that of God in every one".

Puritans

English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to rid the Church of England of what they considered to be Roman Catholic practices.

Pilgrims

English settlers who traveled to America on the Mayflower and established the Plymouth Colony in Plymouth.

Thomas Jefferson

An American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. He was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.

George Washington

An American Founding Father, military officer, and politician who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797.

John Adams

An American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, and Founding Father who served as the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801.

James Madison

Was popularly acclaimed the "Father of the Constitution" for his pivotal role in drafting and promoting the Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights.

Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson was an American lawyer, planter, general, and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Before his presidency, he gained fame as a general in the U.S. Army and served in both houses of the U.S. Congress.

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