| explorer,soldier and writer | Capitan John Smith |
| settled in Jamestown in 1607 and was elected pres.of colony | Capitan John Smith |
| Captured by chief Powhatan and rescued by Pocahontas | Capitan John Smith |
| Soldier and explorer | Sir Walter Raleigh |
| planted 3 colonies on the coast of South Carolina | Sir Walter Raleigh |
| brought back tobacco & potato | Sir Walter Raleigh |
| made popular "City of Gold"- El Dorado | Sir Walter Raleigh |
| ordained priest and expert of geography | Richard Hakluyt |
| Diverse Voyages Touching the... | Richard Hakluyt |
| The Principal Navigations, Voyages,Traffiques.. | Richard Hakluyt |
| Governor of Plymouth Plantation | William Bradford |
| The woyage to the new world was seen as a part of the divine plan | William Bradford |
| A search for meaning | William Bradford |
| Disperdal of the community (rozproszenie) | William Bradford |
| lawyer and the governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony | John Winthrop |
| he wrote a lay sermon A Model of Christian Charity | John Winthrop |
| Planting "A City upon hill" | John Winthrop |
| Wonder-Working Providence-first New Engl. history to be published | Edward Johnson |
| America as a place of final battle between Christ and Satan | Wonder-Working providence |
| very well educated, ended Hardvard college | Michael Wigglesworth |
| The Day of the Doom | Michael Wigglesworth |
| epic about the Judgement Day | The Day of the Doom |
| cruel to the reader, simple vocabulary, rhymes and references to the Bible | The Day of the Doom |
| Poet, tensions unusual to the Puritan way of thinking | Anne Bradstreet |
| The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America | Anne Bradstreet |
| Reality and world of the bible | The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America |
| pastor, educated and religious man, known for excellent sermons | Edward Taylor |
| poetry unpublished during lifetime | Edward Taylor |
| Manuscript found in Yale and published later | Edward Taylor |
| the finest poet of the colonial period | Edward Taylor |
| combat between Satan and Christ for human sould | God's Determination E.Taylor |
| Tradition of the English metaphysical poetry | E.Taylor |
| considered a child prodigy, | Jonathan Edwards |
| graduated from Yale at the age of 17 | Jonathan Edwards |
| idealist, one of the best minds America had | Jonathan Edwards |
| The reason of Halfway Covenant | Jonathan Edwards |
| born in Boston, moved to Philadelphia | Benjamin Franklin |
| his own life became epitome of the American myth, "from rags to riches" | Benjamin Franklin |
| polymath, inventor, businessman, statesman, writer | Benjamin Franklin |
| founded first public library | Benjamin Franklin |
| he invented lighting rod, bifocal lens, | Benjamin Franklin |
| 1750 elected to Pennsylvania Assembly | Benjamin Franklin |
| delegated to Continental Congress | Benjamin Franklin |
| representative of American Colonies | Benjamin Franklin |
| One of the first draftees of constitution | Benjamin Franklin |
| only founding father who signed all 4 documents | Benjamin Franklin |
| principal author of the Declaration of the Independence | Thomas Jefferson |
| 3rd president of the USA | Thomas Jefferson |
| one of the most brilliant men of Enlightment | Thomas Jefferson |
| polymath in the arts, science and politics | Thomas Jefferson |
| designed his own house in Monticello,Virginia | Thomas Jefferson |
| studied at college of William&Mary | Thomas Jefferson |
| educated himself by reading extensively | Thomas Jefferson |
| inherited land estate and slaves | Thomas Jefferson |
| became president in 1800 | Thomas Jefferson |
| purchase Louisiana Territory | Thomas Jefferson |
| founded University of Virginia | Thomas Jefferson |
| believed in racial inferiority | Thomas Jefferson |
| signed the Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves | Thomas Jefferson |
| political philosopher and writer | Thomas Paine |
| born in England and moved to US | Thomas Paine |
| editor of the Pennsylvania Magazine | Thomas Paine |
| Common Sense | Thomas Paine |
| interpreter of the US Constitution | Alexander Hamilton |
| supporter of a central strong government | Alexander Hamilton |
| author of the Federalist Papers | Alexander Hamilton |
| 85 essays in the New York Independent Journal | Alexander Hamilton |
| appointed Secretary of the Treasury | Alexander Hamilton |
| poet of the American Revolution | Philip Freneau |
| graduated from the College of New Jersey | Philip Freneau |
| captured at the sea by British and spend 6 weeks in prison | Philip Freneau |
| edited newspapers, took part in politics | Philip Freneau |
| he wrote about many subjects: politics,nature, American Indians, sea, battles | Philip Freneau |
| a pre-Romanticist : close attention to nature | Philip Freneau |
| The Indian Burying Ground | Philip Freneau |
| The Wild Honeysuckle | Philip Freneau |
