Colonial leaders

A biography of the Puritan woman who was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for disagreeing with the prevailing religious practices.

Text and illustrations chronicle the life and achievements of eighteenth-century Methodist minister George Whitefield, whose involvement in the Great Awakening had a significant effect on the American colonies; also includes a glossary, chronology, colonial time line, and further reading list.

Text and illustrations chronicle the life and achievements of eighteenth-century American patriot Caesar Rodney, who signed the Declaration of Independence, served in the rank of major general in the Revolutionary War, and became president of Delaware.

Text and illustrations chronicle the life of eighteenth-century colonial minister Jonathan Edwards, who played a part in the Great Awakening, was president of the College of New Jersey, now Princeton University.

Text and illustrations chronicle the life and achievements of seventeenth-century Puritan leader John Winthrop, who led the Massachusetts Bay Company and helped create America's public schools; also includes a glossary, chronology, colonial time line, and further reading list.

Text and illustrations chronicle the life and achievements of controversial seventeenth-century Separatist Roger Williams, who founded the colony of Rhode Island and served three terms as its president; also includes a glossary, chronology, colonial time line, and further reading list.

Chronicles the life of seventeenth-century Massachusetts minister Increase Mather, who fought for the original Massachusetts Bay Colony charter, and served as president of Harvard College; also includes a glossary and colonial time line.

Text and illustrations chronicle the life of seventeenth-century politician Sir William Berkeley, whom Charles I appointed governor of Virginia and whom Charles II removed from office after Bacon's Rebellion; includes a glossary, chronology, colonial time line, and further reading list.

A biography of the English founder and first governor of the colony of Georgia who was active in politics and penal reform.