presidents / important ppl

Benjamin Franklin

Made electricity / founding fathers

Thomas Paine

English American political activist made “common sense” and “the rights of men”

George Washington

1st president / military commander during rev

John Adam’s

2nd president / main draft for dec of independence one of founding fathers

Thomas Jefferson

3rd president / made dev of American democracy was anti fed

James Madison

4th president / wanted individual rights and religious freedom

Alexander Hamilton

American statesman / sec of treasurer was fed and wanted strong national gov

Andrew Jackson

7th president / made Indian removal act

Henry Clay

Made dev of American economic policy aka tariffs and internal improvements

Abe Lincoln

16 president / did emancipation proclamation

Jane Adam’s

American social reformer and activist/ advocate for women’s rights and peace

Woodrow Wilson

28th president / made League of Nations

Franklin D Roosevelt

32 president / made new deal

Lyndon B Johnson

36th president / made social welfare legislation , made civil and voting rights act

MLK

African American activist / made I have a dream speech

Ronald Reagan

40th president / promoted free market capitalism restored Americas confidence