series of witchcraft trials launched after a group of adolescent girls in Salem, who claim dot have been bewitched by certain older women of the town

1. salem witch trials

series of witchcraft trials launched after a group of adolescent girls in Salem, who claim dot have been bewitched by certain older women of the town. twenty individuals were put to death before the trials were put an end by the governor of massachusetts

2. south carolina slave revolt (stono river)

uprising, also known as the stono rebellion, of more than 50 S.C. blacks along the Stono River. the slaves attempted to reach spanish florida but were stopped by the S.C. militia

3. nathaniel bacon

young virginia planter who led a rebellion against governor william berkeley's refusal to protect frontier settlers from indian attacks

4. william berkeley

royal governor of virginia, with brief interruptions, from 1641 until his death. Berkeley, a member of virginia's seaboard elite, drew the ire of backwater settlers for refusing to protect them against Indian attacks, eventually leading to bacon's rebellion

5. john singleton copley

massachusetts born artist best known for his portraits of prominent colonial americans. a loyalist during the revolutionary war

6. jonathan edwards

new england minister whose fiery sermons helped touch off the 1st great awakening. he emphasized human helplessness and depravity and touted that salvation could be attained through god's grace alone

7. john trumbull

connecticut-born painter who traveled to England to pursue his artistic ambitions. he was best known for his depictions of key event sin the american revolution

8. phillis wheatley

african-american poet who overcame the barriers of slavery to publish two collections of her poems

9. george whitefield

iterate english preacher whose rousing sermons throughout the american colonies drew vast audiences and sparked a wave of religious conversion, the first great awakening

10. john peter zenger

new york printer tried for seditious libel against the state's corrupt royal governor. his acquittal set an important precedent for freedom of the press