3. Bahia was known as the world’s leading sugar producer before it experienced a financial disaster.
4. Catarina was very wealthy, most of her money came from a business she started selling sweets.She was a nun and an entrepreneur Before her death she replayed the events that took place in her lifetime. Took part in a ceremony when becoming a nun where she dedicated her life to god and the church. She called this her “spiritual wedding”
5. Beatriz de Padilla Born in Lagos Mother was an ex-slave She never married In 1650 she was accused of poisoning a priest and using magic on many other important men to make them fall in love with her.
6. Squanto His birthdate is unknown Americans think of him as the Indian who rescued the pilgrims from the wilderness by teaching them to plant corn and introducing them to friendly natives In 1610 it was very common for Indians to be taken captive, this happened to Squanto along with many other Indians Squanto helped colonize New England and was viewed as a traitor by many people from his homeland.
7. Isabel Moctezuma Born on July 11, 1509 in Tenochtitlan ( the Aztec empire capital) One of few Legitimate daughters of Moctezuma II Became one of the Mexican Indians granted an ecomienda