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John Smith
Found Jamestown.
John Rolfe
Husband of Pocahontas, first settler in Virginia colony to grow tobacco for export.
John Winthrop
Puritan founder of Massachusetts.
Anne Hutchinson
Puritan spiritual advisor and religious reformer.
William Penn
Quaker founder of Pennsylvania.
King George III
Lost the American colonies.
Thomas Paine
Wrote Common Sense and Crisis papers, helped influence the American Revolution.
Thomas Jefferson
3rd President of the United States, author of the Declaration of Independence, led Louisiana Purchase.
George Washington
1st President and military commander of the Continental Army, established presidential precedents.
Alexander Hamilton
Wrote 51 Federalist Papers.
John Marshall
Laid foundations for Supreme Court's role as ultimate interpreter of the Constitution.
Patrick Henry
Leading advocate for Virginia's independence, known for his impassioned speeches.
John Jay
Wrote 5 Federalist Papers, first chief justice of the Supreme Court, negotiated the Jay Treaty.
Daniel Webster
Supported the tariff of 1828 and advocated renewal against Jackson's financial policies.
James Madison
Wrote 29 Federalist Papers, known as the Father of the Constitution and 4th President.
John Quincy Adams
6th President, negotiated the Treaty of Ghent, strongly opposed slavery.
Andrew Jackson
7th President known for his populism, expansion of democracy, and the Indian Removal Act.
John C. Calhoun
Defended states' rights, nullification, and slavery; a leading voice in sectional conflict.
Henry Clay
Prominent politician who championed the American System and brokered political compromises.
Lewis and Clark
Led an expedition to explore the Louisiana Territory from 1804-1806.
James Monroe
Issued the Monroe Doctrine, declared the US would not tolerate further colonization.
James Polk
11th President who expanded US territory through the annexation of Texas and the Mexican-American War.
John O'Sullivan
Coined the term 'Manifest Destiny' to promote the annexation of Texas.
Stephen Douglas
Championed popular sovereignty and passed the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
Abraham Lincoln
16th President who led the Union to victory and issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
Thaddeus Stevens
Prominent leader of Radical Republicans during Reconstruction advocating for civil rights.
Charles Sumner
Abolitionist Senator known for his fierce anti-slavery rhetoric and got caned in the Senate.
Wyatt Earp
A gunslinger and lawman known for his role in a pivotal shootout in Western history.
Sitting Bull
Native American leader who opposed US expansion at the Battle of Little Bighorn.
Daniel Boone
Frontiersman and legendary folk hero known for creating the Wilderness Road.
Buffalo Bill Cody
Famous scout who symbolized the wild west myths and killed nearly 4300 bison.
William Jennings Bryan
American lawyer and politician, dominant force in the Democratic Party.
John Brown
Led the raid on Harper’s Ferry in an attempt to create an armed slave rebellion.
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