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  • American History
    • American History Honors >
      • Map Test
    • Unit 0: 1763 - 1800 - Revolutionary America
    • Unit 1: 1800 - 1848 - Expansion & Reform
    • Unit 2: 1848 - 1877 - A Nation Divided
    • Unit 3: 1865 - 1898 - The Gilded Age
    • Unit 4: 1890 - 1920 - American World Debut
    • Unit 5: 1920 - 1945 - Trials and Tribulations
    • Unit 6: 1945 - 1963 - Cold War Tensions
    • Unit 7: 1955 - 1980 - Conflicts & Resolutions
    • Unit 8: 1980 - present - Modern America
  • World History
    • World History Honors
    • Unit 1: (1200-1450) - State Building in the Global Tapestry
    • Unit 2: (1200-1450) - Networks of Exchange
    • Unit 3: (1450-1750) - Land-Based Empires
    • Unit 4: (1450-1750) - Sea of Exploration
    • Unit 5: (1750-1900) - Revolutions
    • Unit 6: (1750-1900) - Imperial Migration
    • Unit 7: (1900-present) - Global Conflicts
    • Unit 8: (1900-present) - Cold War & Decolonization
    • Unit 9: (1900-present) - Globalization
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
    • AP World History >
      • Unit 1: (1200-1450) - State Building in the Global Tapestry
      • Unit 2: (1200-1450) - Networks of Exchange
      • Unit 3: (1450-1750) - Land-Based Empires
      • Unit 4: (1450-1750) - Transoceanic Interconnections
      • Unit 5: (1750-1900) - Revolutions
      • Unit 6: (1750-1900) - Imperial Migration
      • Unit 7: (1900-present) - Global Conflicts
      • Unit 8: (1900-present) - Cold War & Decolonization
      • Unit 9: (1900-present) - Globalization
    • AP European History >
      • Unit I - The Rise of Europe
      • Unit II - Rebirth and Exploration
      • Unit III - A Fractured Faith
      • Unit IV - A Question of Sovereignty
      • Unit V - A Shifting Society
      • Unit VI - Revolution
      • Unit VII - Political Turmoil
      • Unit VIII - Rise of the Nation-State
      • Unit IX - Forging the Modern Era
      • Unit X - Imperialism and the Great War
      • Unit XI - Global Conflicts
      • Unit XII - The Long Peace
  • Civic Literacy
    • Unit 1 - Developing State and Local Government
    • Unit 2 - The Law
    • Unit 3 - Political Culture & Ideology
    • Unit 4 - National Government

People to Know

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KING
GEORGE III

BRITAIN
(1738-1820)
  • ​British monarch reviled by the American colonists as a tyrant
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GEORGE
​
WASHINGTON

VIRGINA (1st President)
(POTUS 1789-1797)
  • 1st President; set precedent for being president
  • Proclamation of Neutrality, Farewell Address
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THOMAS
​
PAINE

VIRGINIA
​(1737-1809)
  • author of Common Sense, helping sway public opinion towards independence
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ALEXANDER
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HAMILTON

NEW YORK
​(1757-1804)
  • founder of the U.S. financial system and Federalist party
  • 1st Secretary of the Treasury 
  • writer of the Federalist Papers
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THOMAS 
​JEFFERSON

VIRGINIA (3rd President)
(POTUS 1801-1809)
  • 3rd President of the United States
  • Founder of the Democratic-Republicans
  • Louisiana Purchase, Lewis & Clark Expedition, Embargo of 1807
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JOHN ADAMS

MASS. (2nd President)
(POTUS 1797-1801)
  • founder of the Federalist party
  • XYZ Affair

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JOHN 
MARSHALL

VIRGINIA
(o. 1801-1835)
  • regarded as one of the most influential justices to ever sit on the Supreme Court
  • oversaw cases:  Marbury v. Madison  McCulloch v. Maryland Gibbons v. Ogden  Worchester v. Georgia
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LEWIS  & CLARK

VIRGINIA
​​(1774-1809) ​​(1770-1838)
  • led the Corp of Discovery that explored the Louisiana Territory/Purchase

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JAMES 
MADISON

VIRGINIA (4th President)
(POTUS 1809-1817)
  • "father" of the Constitution; founder of the Democratic-Republicans
  • writer of the Federalist Papers
  • began War of 1812
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SACAGAWEA

VIRGINIA
​​(1751-1836)
  • young Native American teen who help guide the Lewis and Clark Expedition

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GEN. ANDREW 
JACKSON

NORTH/SOUTH CAROLINA
(s. 1801-1821)
  • led troops in the Creek Wars, War of 1812, Seminole Wars
  • war hero from the Battle of New Orleans
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TECUMSEH

OHIO
​​(r. 1808-1813)
  • leader/organizer of a Native American confederacy that fought against U.S. expansion east of the Mississippi R. prior to the War of 1812 

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ELI  WHITNEY

CONNECTICUT/GEORGIA
(1738-1805)
  • inventor of the cotton gin & interchangeable parts
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HENRY CLAY

KENTUCKY
​​(1777-1852)
  • U.S. Congressman who introduced the American System
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  • American History
    • American History Honors >
      • Map Test
    • Unit 0: 1763 - 1800 - Revolutionary America
    • Unit 1: 1800 - 1848 - Expansion & Reform
    • Unit 2: 1848 - 1877 - A Nation Divided
    • Unit 3: 1865 - 1898 - The Gilded Age
    • Unit 4: 1890 - 1920 - American World Debut
    • Unit 5: 1920 - 1945 - Trials and Tribulations
    • Unit 6: 1945 - 1963 - Cold War Tensions
    • Unit 7: 1955 - 1980 - Conflicts & Resolutions
    • Unit 8: 1980 - present - Modern America
  • World History
    • World History Honors
    • Unit 1: (1200-1450) - State Building in the Global Tapestry
    • Unit 2: (1200-1450) - Networks of Exchange
    • Unit 3: (1450-1750) - Land-Based Empires
    • Unit 4: (1450-1750) - Sea of Exploration
    • Unit 5: (1750-1900) - Revolutions
    • Unit 6: (1750-1900) - Imperial Migration
    • Unit 7: (1900-present) - Global Conflicts
    • Unit 8: (1900-present) - Cold War & Decolonization
    • Unit 9: (1900-present) - Globalization
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
    • AP World History >
      • Unit 1: (1200-1450) - State Building in the Global Tapestry
      • Unit 2: (1200-1450) - Networks of Exchange
      • Unit 3: (1450-1750) - Land-Based Empires
      • Unit 4: (1450-1750) - Transoceanic Interconnections
      • Unit 5: (1750-1900) - Revolutions
      • Unit 6: (1750-1900) - Imperial Migration
      • Unit 7: (1900-present) - Global Conflicts
      • Unit 8: (1900-present) - Cold War & Decolonization
      • Unit 9: (1900-present) - Globalization
    • AP European History >
      • Unit I - The Rise of Europe
      • Unit II - Rebirth and Exploration
      • Unit III - A Fractured Faith
      • Unit IV - A Question of Sovereignty
      • Unit V - A Shifting Society
      • Unit VI - Revolution
      • Unit VII - Political Turmoil
      • Unit VIII - Rise of the Nation-State
      • Unit IX - Forging the Modern Era
      • Unit X - Imperialism and the Great War
      • Unit XI - Global Conflicts
      • Unit XII - The Long Peace
  • Civic Literacy
    • Unit 1 - Developing State and Local Government
    • Unit 2 - The Law
    • Unit 3 - Political Culture & Ideology
    • Unit 4 - National Government