KING
GEORGE III

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

GEORGE
​WASHINGTON

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

THOMAS
​PAINE

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

ALEXANDER
​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

JOHN ADAMS

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

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

LEWIS  & CLARK

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

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

SACAGAWEA

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

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

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 

ELI  WHITNEY

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

HENRY CLAY

KENTUCKY
​​(1777-1852)
  • U.S. Congressman who introduced the American System