(1792-1840) John Lambton, the First Earl of Durham was an English statesman, colonial administrator, Governor General, and high commissioner of British North America.

John Hancock, prominent colonial statesman and first to sign the Declaration of Independence

John Smith, an early colonial settler and leader.

(1703-1758) A colonial American Congregational preacher and evangelical theologian.

Jonathan Edwards (October 5, 1703 - March 22, 1758) was a colonial American Congregational preacher, theologian, and missionary to Native Americans.

Jonathan Trumbull, Sr. (12 October 1710 - 17 August 1785) was one of the few men who served as governor in both a pre-Revolutionary colony and a post-Revolutionary state. He was a friend and advisor of General Washington throughout the...

A celebrated general, born in Auvergne, France. Helped out the colonists in the American Revolution.

A colonist and soldier, bornin Duxbury, England, about 1584; died in Duxbury, Mass., Oct. 3, 1656.

Patrick Henry, the famous colonial statesman.

An illustration of Patrick Henry a man who served as the post-colonial Governor of Virginia and was also a prominent figure in the American Revolution. He is known as one of the founding fathers of the United States.

Silversmith, engraver, and American Patriot best known for warning the colonist's that 'The British are coming."

Daughter of Powhatan, a distinguished Indian chief, born in 1595; died off Gravesend, England, in March, 1617. Her early life was spent among the Indians in Virginia. In 1607 she became connected with the early history of America by...

An English nobleman, who played a large part in the capture of William Kidd, the pirate. Coote served as colonial governor of New York, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire.

(1734-1806) Morris was an American merchant and a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution. Morris was known as the "Financier of the Revolution,"...

Rufus Putnam (April 9, 1738 - 1824) was a colonial military officer during the French and Indian War, and a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.

Samuel Adams, early colonial leader.

Sir John Coape Sherbrooke (baptised April 29, 1764 - February 14, 1830) was a British soldier and colonial administrator.

Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet (1715 - 11 July 1774), founder of Johnstown, New York, was an Irish pioneer and army officer in colonial New York, and the British Superintendent of Indian Affairs from 1755 to 1774.

British settler and soldier in colonial Massachusetts.

(1644-1718) William Penn was an English colonist and best known as founder of Pennsylvania.

An English entrepreneur who founded the Province of Pennsylvania in colonial America.

(--1672) Colonial Governor

Samuel Adams (September 27, 1722 - October 2, 1803) was a statesman, political philosopher, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. As a politician in colonial Massachusetts, Adams was a leader of the movement that became...

Guns, angels and fashion are three unexpected elements that co-exist in the Master of Calamarca's painting Archangel with Gun, Asiel Timor Dei. View pictures and read the history of this painting in this essay.