apush midterm people

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.