AP US History 1 Chapter 10 People Flashcards
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| 7262290766 | Thomas Jefferson | Writer of the Declaration of Independence, Minister to France, Secretary of State, Vice President, and President of the United States From 1801-1809. | 0 | |
| 7262302298 | Henry Knox | The first Secretary of War | 1 | |
| 7262304859 | John Jay | The 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 | |
| 7262317738 | John Adams | The first vice president and second President of the US. | 3 | |
| 7262881900 | Citizen Genet | He 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 | |
| 7262892485 | Talleyrand | Was 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 Wayne | He 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 |