1706–1754 - Colonial America

Henry Ward was a politician from Rhode Island. He was a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress in 1765 and served many years as the Secretary of State of the Rhode Island government.

Mercy Otis Warren was a prominent writer and advocate of independence during the American Revolution.

Ephraim Williams, Jr. was a popular leader in the Massachusetts militia in the 1700s. He encouraged westward expansion in the colony and was the benefactor of Williams College.

Roger Williams was the founder of Rhode Island. He was an advocate of the Separation of Church and State, Religious Freedom, and the rights of Native American Indians. His beliefs helped form the concepts found in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Witchcraft in Colonial America is typically connected to the Salem Witch Trials (1692–1693) and the Puritan Colonies in New England. Both Protestants and Catholics during the Colonial Era feared the unknown, and often explained things they could not understand as the “work of the Devil.” Because of this, witchcraft trials occurred in nearly all of the 13 Original Colonies.

David Wooster was a Connecticut militia leader who served in King George’s War, the French and Indian War and the American Revolution. He died in 1777, during the American Revolution, soon after the Battle of Ridgefield.

George Wythe was one of Virginia’s most respected legal minds during the 18th Century. Known for his integrity, scholarship, and commitment to justice, he shaped early American law through his service in the House of Burgesses, the courts, and the College of William and Mary. He contributed to major political debates, supported independence, and issued one of the earliest statements of judicial review.

The Yamasee War was fought by a coalition of Native American Indian tribes, led by the Yamasee, and the South Carolina Militia. South Carolina won the war, gained control of land, and formed an alliance with the Iroquois Confederacy.