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| 5415320073 | Napoleon Bonaparte | French emporer who waged a series of wars against his neighbors on the European continent from 1800 until his final defeat at Waterloo in 1815. In 1803, having failed to put down the Haitian rebellion, Napoleon relinquished France's remaining North American possessions by selling Louisiana territory to the US for 15 million. | 0 | |
| 5415320074 | Aaron Burr | Revolutionary War soldier and Vice president under Thomas Jefferson, Burr is perhaps most famous for fatally wounding Alexander Hamilton in a duel in 1804. In 1806, Burr led a failed plot to separate the trans-Mississippi west from the United States. Narrowly acquitted for treason, Burr fled to France where he tried to convince Napoleon to ally with Britian against the U.S. | 1 | |
| 5415320075 | Samuel Chase | Federalist supreme court justice who drew the ire of the Jeffersonian Republics for his biting criticism of Republican policies. In 1804, the House of Representatives brought charges of impeachment against him but failed to make the case that his unrestrained partisanship qualified as "high crimes and misdemeanors". Acquitted by the Senate, he served on the court until his death, | 2 | |
| 5415320076 | William Clark | Joined Meriwether Lewis in leading the expedition of Louisiana territory from1804-1806. After the Expedition, Clark played a key role in shaping America's Indian policy, seeking to strengthen American relations with the Indians through trade. | 3 | |
| 5415320077 | Albert Gallatin | Secretary of the Treasury from 1801-1813 under Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, Gallatin sought to balance the federal budget and reduce the national debt. | 4 | |
| 5415320078 | Sally Hemings | One of Jefferson's slaves on his plantations in Monticello. DNA testing confirms that Thomas Jefferson fathered Sally Heming's children. | 5 | |
| 5415320079 | Thomas Jefferson | Author of the Declaration of Independence, ambassador to France, and third president of the United States. As one of the leaders of the Democratic-Republican party, Jefferson advocated a limited role for the national government, particularly in the area of finance. As President, however, Jefferson oversaw significant expansion of the federal state through the purchase of Louisiana Territory and the enactment of the Embargo of 1807. | 6 | |
| 5415320080 | Meriwether Lewis | American soldier and explorer who led the famous expedition through Louisiana territory from 1804-1806. After briefly serving as governor of upper Louisiana territory, Lewis died in an apparent suicide in 1809. | 7 | |
| 5415320081 | Robert R. Livingston | American statesman who served as minister to France 1801-1804 and negotiated the purchase of the Louisiana territory in 1803. |  | 8 |
| 5415320082 | Toussaint L'ouverture | Haitian revolutionary who led successful slave uprising an helped establish an independent Haiti in 1797. In 1802, L'overture was captured by a French by a French force sent to reestablish control over the island. Shipped back to France and imprisoned for treason, he succumbed to pneumonia. | 9 | |
| 5415320083 | James Madison | Principal author of the Consitituion, co-author of THE Federalist, and fourth president of the United States. A leading advocate of a strong national government in the 1780s, Madison later joined Thomas Jefferson and the Democratic-Republicans in advocating a more limited role for the federal state. As president, Madison inherited the conflict over trade with Britain and France, which eventually pushed him to declare war on Britain in 1812. | 10 | |
| 5415320084 | John Marshall | Cheif Justice of the Supreme Court from 1801 until his death in 1835, Marshall strengthened the role of the courts by establishing the principle of "Judicial Review". During his tenure, the court also expanded the powers of the federal government through a series of decisions that established federal supremacy over the states. | 11 | |
| 5415320085 | Sacajawea | Shoshone guide who led Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on their exploration of the American west. | 12 | |
| 5415320086 | Tecumseh | Accomplished Shawnee warrir, Tecumseh sought to establish a confederacy of Indian tribes east of the Mississippi. He opposed individual tribes selling of land to the United States, arguing the land belonged to all the native people. After 1811, Tecumseh allied with the British frighting fiercely with his death until 1813. | 13 | |
| 5415320087 | Tenskwatawa | "The Prophet"; Shawnee religious leader, who led a spiritual revival emphasizing Indian unity and cultural renewal and urging Indians to limit contact with Americans. The prophet lost his following in 1811 after he and a small army of followers were defeated by William Henry Harrison at the Battle of Tippecanoe | 14 | |
| 5415320088 | James Wilkinson | Military governor of the Louisiana territory who conspired with Aaron Burr to separate from the United States and ally with Spanish controlled areas of the Americas. | 15 |
