5198240858 | George Greenville | British Prime Minister that believed in strict enforcement of laws. He created the Sugar Act 1764 & Stamp Act 1765. He was not liked by the American Colonists | 0 | |
5198240859 | Charles Townshed | British Finance leader. Influenced Parliament to pass the Townshend Acts. Which were then latter repealed. | 1 | |
5198245429 | Samuel Adams | ANTI-FED Organization founded by ? consisting of a system of communication between patriot leaders in New England and throughout the colonies | 2 | |
5198245430 | Thomas Hutchinsion | businessman, historian, and a prominent Loyalist politician of the Province of Massachusetts Bay in the years before the American Revolution. Stubborn and did not let the tea leave the harbour. | 3 | |
5198249676 | Baron Von Stucben | Prussian soldier who helped train American forces at Valley Forge in the American Revolutionary War. | 4 | |
5198251593 | Marquis De Lafayette | Frenchman who was made a major general in the colonial army at the age of 19; the "French Gamecock"; his services were invaluable in securing further aid from France. | 5 | |
5198254514 | John Hancock | President of the 2nd Continental Congress; first to sign the declaration and was from Massachusetts | 6 | |
5198256355 | Ciprus Attucks | Killed in Boston Massacre, black laborer, only African-American person killed in Boston Massacre | 7 | |
5198272284 | John Locke | English philosopher who advocated the idea of a "social contract" in which government powers are derived from the consent of the governed and in which the government serves the people; also said people have natural rights to life, liberty and property. | 8 | |
5198309745 | King George III | King of England during the American Revolution | 9 | |
5198324368 | Lord North | British Prime Minister during revolution. He had passed the Coercive Acts and supported the king greatly to the extent that Britain was ruled only by the king. | 10 | |
5198387415 | John Adams | Lawyer who defended British soldiers in the Boston Massacre trial. He believed in "innocent until proven guilty." In spite of these actions, he supported colonial independence. 2nd President and the first vice president. Treaty of Paris 1783. He was responsible for passing the Alien and Sedition Acts | 11 | |
5198484672 | Paul Revere | Started circulating phamplets of the Boston massacre | 12 | |
5198620002 | George Washington | FED President of 2nd Constitutional congress. Chosen by fellow delegates to head the continental army. Chairman for the making of the constitution. | 13 | |
5198649382 | Ethan Allen+Benedict Arnold | Small American force captured the British garrisons at Ticonderoga and Crown Point. | 14 | |
5198852906 | Thomas Paine | Released a pamphlet called Common Sense in 1776. It argued that the colonies had outgrown any need for English domination and that they should be given independence. | 15 | |
5198866430 | Richard Henry Lee | ANTI-FED Proposed that the colonies declare their independence | 16 | |
5198888409 | Loyalists | Tories | 17 | |
5198888410 | Patriots | Whigs | 18 | |
5198931474 | General William Howe | British Army officer who rose to become Commander-in-Chief of British was General Washington's opponent. General ? troops in New York, if needed, could advance up the Hudson River to meet Burgoyne near Albany. | 19 | |
5198957148 | General Burgoyne | The main invading force, lead by ?, would push down towards Lake Champlain from Canada. British general in the American Revolution who captured Fort Ticonderoga but lost the battle of Saratoga in 1777. | 20 | |
5199013564 | Benedict Arnold | Colonial general who repulsed British troops at Quebec (1775) and Lake Champlain (1776). Turned a traitor against the Americans in 1780. | 21 | |
5199026358 | George Rogers Clark | Conceived the idea of capturing the British forts located in the Illinois country in 1778-1779. | 22 | |
5199036536 | John Paul Jones | Is known as the father of the navy. He employed the tactic of privateering which was legalized pirates | 23 | |
5199061739 | British General Cornwallis | Retreated to the Chesapeake Bay at Yorktown to await seaborne supplies and reinforcements. British general who surrendered at Yorktown. | 24 | |
5199086711 | Benjiman Franklin | FED Treaty of Paris 1783 | 25 | |
5199106389 | John Jay | United States diplomat and jurist who negotiated peace treaties with Britain and served as the first chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1829). Treaty of Paris 1783. Wrote Federalists paper with Hamilton and Madison. | 26 | |
5199121284 | Richard Montgomery | General who pushed up the Lake Champlain route and captured Montreal, Canada | 27 | |
5199135603 | Admiral de Grasse | Joined the Americans in an assault on Cornwallis at Yorktown | 28 | |
5199172932 | Nathaneal Greene | A Patriot General who forced the British out of Georgia and the Carolinas. | 29 | |
5199716720 | Thomas Jefferson | Declaration of Independence, Virginia Statue of Religious Freedom | 30 | |
5199878136 | Lord Sheffield | Argued in his pamphlet that Britain could win back America's trade without repealing the navigation laws. | 31 | |
5199894388 | Daniel Shay | Impoverished back-country farmers, who were losing their farms through mortgage foreclosures and tax delinquencies, attempted to enforce their demands of cheap paper money, lighter taxes, and a suspension of property takeovers | 32 | |
5199919257 | Alexander Hamilton | Convention from collapsing (delegates from only 5 states showed up). He called Congress to meet in Philadelphia the next year to fix entire fabric of the Articles of Confederation. Wanted a super power full central government. Wrote Federalist papers with John Jay and James Madison. Created the Bank of the US | 33 | |
5199929679 | James Madison | FED Father of the Constitution and Bill of Rights. Wrote Federalists papers with Jay and Hamilton | 34 | |
5200038539 | Patrick Henry | ANTI-FED Give me liberty or give me death. | 35 | |
5222902169 | Mad Anthyony Wayne | American general who defeated the Native Americans at the Battle of Fallen Timbers | 36 | |
5223078825 | Edmond Genet | A French representative who attempted to contradict the Neutrality Proclamation by organizing armies to attack British and Spanish territories. Washington ejected him from the country when he became dangerous to his control over the people. | 37 | |
5223097747 | John Marshall | American jurist and politician who served as the chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1801-1835) and helped establish the practice of judicial review. | 38 | |
5223567318 | Aaron Burr | Helped Jeff become president in new york. after being dropped from Jefferson's cabinet, he joined a group of extremist Federalists who plotted the secession of New England and New York; Alexander Hamilton uncovered the plot. Burr Hamilton refused to shoot and he was shot and killed by ?. | 39 | |
5223684612 | Samuel chase | Supreme Court justice that the Democratic-Republican Congress tried to impeach; he was not removed due to a lack of votes in the Senate. | 40 | |
5223719055 | James Monroe | Sent to buy Louisiana + Robert Livingston | 41 | |
5223722388 | Lewis and Clark | Jefferson sent his personal secretary, and a military officer, to explore the northern part of the Louisiana Purchase. | 42 | |
5223839630 | Tecumseh & Tenskwatawa | Shawnee brothers who unified many Indian tribes in a last ditch battle with the settlers; allied with the British. | 43 | |
5223841190 | William Henry Harrison | governor of the Indiana territory; defeated the Shawnee at the Battle of Tippecanoe.c | 44 |
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