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| 351751619 | Louis XIV | king of France from 1643 to 1715 | |
| 351751620 | Samuel de Champlain | French explorer in Nova Scotia who established a settlement on the site of modern Quebec (1567-1635) | |
| 351751621 | Edward Braddock | a British commander during the French and Indian War. He attempted to capture Fort Duquesne in 1755. He was defeated by the French and the Indians. At this battle, Braddock was mortally wounded. | |
| 351751622 | William Pitt | English statesman who brought the Seven Years' War to an end (1708-1778) | |
| 351751623 | James Wolfe | English general, led troops up steep cliff to capture Quebec which marked the beginning on the end of the French/Indian War | |
| 351751624 | Pontiac | famous chief of the Ottawa who led an unsuccessful rebellion against the British (1715-1769) | |
| 351751625 | John Hancock | American revolutionary patriot who was president of the Continental Congress | |
| 351751626 | George Grenville | British Prime Minister Architect of the Sugar Act; his method of taxation and crackdown on colonial smuggling were widely disliked by Americans. He passed the Stamp Act arguing that colonists received virtual representation in Parliament | |
| 351751627 | Charles Townshed | Britains Finance minister started the Townshed act after wrongly assuming that colonist would except it because the tax was collected in colonies | |
| 351751628 | George III | King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760 to 1820 | |
| 351751629 | Lord North | Prime Minister of England from 1770 to 1782. Although he repealed the Townshend Acts, he generally went along with King George III's repressive policies towards the colonies even though he personally considered them wrong. He hoped for an early peace during the Revolutionary War and resigned after Cornwallis' surrender in 1781. | |
| 351751630 | Samuel Adams | Founder of the Sons of Liberty and one of the most vocal patriots for independence; signed the Declaration of Independence | |
| 351751631 | Thomas Hutchinson | Governor of Boston who ordered cargo of tea to be unloaded in Boston despite colonial objection | |
| 351751632 | Marquis de Lafayette | French soldier who joined General Washington's staff and became a general in the Continental Army. | |
| 351751633 | Baron Von Steuben | volunteer, general in Prussia,offered help to Patriots after Washington won the battles at Trenton & Princeton, arrived at Valley Forge in the spring of 1778 | |
| 351751634 | Lord Dunmore | Royal governor of Virginia who issued a proclamation promising freedom for any enslaved black in Virginia who joined the British army | |
| 351751635 | Ethan Allen | a soldier of the American Revolution whose troops helped capture Fort Ticonderoga from the British (1738-1789) | |
| 351751636 | Benedict Arnold | Successful American general during the Revolution who turned traitor in 1780 and joined the British cause. | |
| 351751637 | Richard Montgomery | former British officer who captured Montreal for the colonies | |
| 351751638 | Thomas Paine | Revolutionary leader who wrote the pamphlet Common Sense (1776) arguing for American independence from Britain. In England he published The Rights of Man | |
| 351751639 | Richard Henry Lee | leader of the American Revolution who proposed the resolution calling for independence of the American colonies (1732-1794) | |
| 351751640 | Lord Charles Cornwallis | the British general who commanded trooops from Charleston, South Carolina. He surrendered his entire army to George Washington after the battle of Yorktown | |
| 351751641 | John Burgoyne | British general in the American Revolution who captured Fort Ticonderoga but lost the battle of Saratoga in 1777 (1722-1792) | |
| 352546598 | Benjamin Franklin | Printer, author, inventor, diplomat, statesman, and Founding Father. One of the few Americans who was highly respected in Europe, primarily due to his discoveries in the field of electricity. | |
| 352546599 | Comte de Rochambeau | French general who commanded French troops in the American Revolution, notably at Yorktown (1725-1807) | |
| 352546600 | Nathanael Greene | American general of Rhode Island, helped to turn the tide against Cornwallis and his British army, used geography of land | |
| 352546601 | Joseph Brant | Mohawk leader who supported the British during the American Revolution. (p. 581) | |
| 352546602 | George Rogers Clark | Leader of a small Patriot force that captured British-controlled Fort Vincennes in the Ohio Valley in 1779., secured the Northwest Territory for America | |
| 352546603 | Admiral de Grasse | the French naval commander/ helped the troops in the Navy trap and cut off Cornwallis | |
| 352546604 | Lord Sheffield | Wrote a popular pamphlet in England that said Britain would win back America's trade and that commerce would naturally follow old channels. | |
| 352546605 | Daniel Shays | Head of Shay's Rebellion; he and several other angry farmers violently protested against debtor's jail; eventually crushed; aided in the creation of constitution because land owners now wanted to preserve what was theirs from "mobocracy" | |
| 352546606 | Patrick Henry | a leader of the American Revolution and a famous orator who spoke out against British rule of the American colonies (1736-1799) | |
| 352546607 | George Washington | He had led troops (rather unsuccessfully) during the French and Indian War, and had surrendered Fort Necessity to the French. He was appointed commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, and was much more successful in this second command. | |
| 352546608 | Alexander Hamilton | 1789-1795; First Secretary of the Treasury. He advocated creation of a national bank, assumption of state debts by the federal government, and a tariff system to pay off the national debt. | |
| 352546609 | Louis XVI | - King of France (1774-1792). In 1789 he summoned the Estates-General, but he did not grant the reforms that were demanded and revolution followed. Louis and his queen, Marie Antoinette, were executed in 1793. | |
| 352546610 | Edmond Genet | Sent by France to the US to enlist American aid in the French revolution with or without the Washington administration's consent. He openly commissioned American privateers to harass British shipping and enlisted Americans in intrigues against the Spanish outpost of New Orleans. He also opened France's Caribbean colonies to American shipping, providing American shippers a choice between French free trade and British mercantilism. | |
| 352546611 | Little Turtle | native american leader who led native american confederacy against americans in the battle of fallen timbers | |
| 352546612 | Mad Anthony Wayne | General anthony Wayne's nickname for his reckless courage | |
| 352546613 | 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) | |
| 352546614 | John Adams | A Massachusetts attorney and politician who was a strong believer in colonial independence. He argued against the Stamp Act and was involved in various patriot groups. As a delegate from Massachusetts, he urged the Second Continental Congress to declare independence. He helped draft and pass the Declaration of Independence. Adams later served as the second President of the United States. | |
| 352546615 | Thomas Jefferson | He was a delegate from Virginia at the Second Continental Congress and wrote the Declaration of Independence. He later served as the third President of the United States. | |
| 352546616 | Sally Hemings | One of Jefferson's house slaves at Monticello. Jefferson fathered at least one of her children, but he never claimed them. He freed 2 of her children, but never Sally. | |
| 352546617 | Albert Gallatin | He was Jefferson's secretary. Jefferson and Gallatin believed that to pay the interest on debt, there would have to be taxes. Taxes would suck money from industrious farmers and put it in the hands of wealthy creditors. | |
| 352546618 | John Marshall | 1755-1835. U.S. Chief Supreme Court Justice. Oversaw over 1000 decisions, including Marbury v Madison and McCulloch v. Maryland. | |
| 352546619 | Samuel Chase | supreme court justice of whom the Democratic-Republican Congress tried to remove in retaliation of the John Marshall's decision regarding Marbury; was not removed due to a lack of votes in the Senate. | |
| 352546620 | Napoleon Bonaparte | Overthrew French Directory in 1799 and became emperor of the French in 1804. Failed to defeat Great Britain and abdicated in 1814. Returned to power briefly in 1815 but was defeated and died in exile. (p. 591) | |
| 352546621 | Robert R. Livingston | (1746-1813) American lawyer, politician, and diplomat from New York. Known as "The Chancellor." He administered the presidential oath of office to George Washington. | |
| 352546622 | Toussaint L'Ouverture | an important leader of the Haïtian Revolution and the first leader of a free Haiti. In a long struggle again the institution of slavery, he led the blacks to victory over the whites and free coloreds and secured native control over the colony in 1797, calling himself a dictator. | |
| 352546623 | Lewis And Clark | Sent on an expedition by Jefferson to gather information on the United States' new land and map a route to the Pacific. They kept very careful maps and records of this new land acquired from the Louisiana Purchase. | |
| 352546624 | Aaron Burr | served as the 3rd Vice President of the United States. Member of the Republicans and President of the Senate during his Vice Presidency. He was defamed by the press, often by writings of Hamilton. Challenged Hamilton to a duel in 1804 and killed him. | |
| 352546625 | James Madison | The fourth President of the United States (1809-1817). A member of the Continental Congress (1780-1783) and the Constitutional Convention (1787), he strongly supported ratification of the Constitution and was a contributor to The Federalist Papers (1787-1788), which argued the effectiveness of the proposed constitution. His presidency was marked by the War of 1812. | |
| 352546626 | Tecumseh | a famous chief of the Shawnee who tried to unite Indian tribes against the increasing white settlement (1768-1813) | |
| 352546627 | Tenskwatawa | the Prophet; Tecumseh's brother, inspired a religious revival that spread through many tribes and united them; killed by Harrison at battle of Tippecanoe | |
| 352546628 | Isaac Brock | British general known for his brilliant defensive tactics, captured Detroit in the War of 1812. Killed by American sharpshooters at the Battle of Queenston Heights. | |
| 352546629 | Oliver Hazard Perry | "We have me the enemy, and they are ours." Naval hero during the War of 1812. Won battle on Lake Erie against the British. After the battle, he sent William Henry Harrison a note that said this famous quote. | |
| 352546630 | Thomas MacDonough | naval officer who forced the invading British army near Plattsburgh to retreat on September 11, 1814; He saved the upper New York from conquest. | |
| 352546631 | Francis Scott Key | United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812. The poem later became the Star Spangled Banner. | |
| 352546632 | James Monroe | He was the fifth President of the United States. He is the author of the Monroe Doctrine. Proclaimed that the Americas should be closed to future European colonization and free from European interference in sovereign countries' affairs. It further stated the United States' intention to stay neutral in European wars | |
| 352546633 | George Canning | British foreign secretary; asked the American minister in London if the United States would band together with the British in a joint declaration renouncing any interest in acquiring Latin American territory, and specifically warning the European dictators to keep their harsh hands off the Latin American republics. |
