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7262290766Thomas JeffersonWriter of the Declaration of Independence, Minister to France, Secretary of State, Vice President, and President of the United States From 1801-1809.0
7262302298Henry KnoxThe first Secretary of War1
7262304859John JayThe first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. In 1794, George Washington sent him to negotiate a treaty with England; the treaty was a failure because it didn't mention British impressment and America had to pay pre-Revolutionary debts.2
7262317738John AdamsThe first vice president and second President of the US.3
7262881900Citizen GenetHe was a representative of the French Republic who came to America in order to recruit Americans to help fight in the French Revolution. He landed in Charleston, SC around 1793 after the outbreak of war between France and Britain. He failed to gather American support and was ousted from the nation.4
7262892485TalleyrandWas the French foreign minister. In 1797, Adams sent a diplomatic commission to France to settle matters regarding France's dislike of the Jay Treaty of 1794.5
7262896500"Mad" Anthony WayneHe was a general who beat the Northwest Indians at the Battle of Fallen Timbers on August 20, 1794. There, the Indians left British-made arms on the fields of battle which angered the Americans.6

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