Who Da Man?? Practice # people in 100 days #1-90

 Immigrant from Switzerland  Built Sutter’s Fort and Sutter’s Mill in California  Credited with starting the Gold Rush after gold was discovered at Sutter’s Mill by one of his workers, James Marshall

 Teacher, social reformer, suffragette, abolitionist and author  Founded The National American Woman Suffrage Association with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and eventually became president of the NAWSA

 5 th president of the US  Known as “Era of Good Feelings” - touring the states and nominating cabinet members from both north & south  Monroe Doctrine - Americas should be free from future European colonization, and interference with independent countries in the Americas would be considered a hostile act toward the United States.

 Shawnee Indian war chief  Founder of Prophetstown which was destroyed in the Battle of Tippecanoe  Fought with pro British forces in the War of 1812 until his death

 American born slave  Led slave rebellion in Virginia that included slaves and free blacks  The rebellion killed plantation owners & families; he was the last to be caught and he was hanged

 Slave who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom in 1856  Result - slaves are not citizens, but property, therefore could not sue

 One of the writers of the Federalist Papers (articles & essays promoting the ratification of the Constitution )  1 st Chief Justice of the Supreme Court  Responsible for peace treaty with Britain called “Jay’s Treaty”

Meriweather Lewis  Father of Pocahontas  Leader of more than 30 tribes  Controlled the area where Jamestown was founded

 Portuguese explorer  First to sail around the tip of Africa, the Cape of Good Hope

 Thomas Jefferson’s private secretary  Explored Louisiana Purchase with William Clark  Was given money, 1,600 acres and named governor of the Louisiana Territory

 Portuguese explorer, soldier and prince  Rarely explored himself, but sent many expeditions to west coast of Africa for mapping routes, spread Christianity, defeat Muslims & establish trade routes  Started a Navigation School

 4 th president of the US  Father of the Constitution  President during war of 1812 when the White House was burned

 frontiersman  Discovered trail through the Cumberland Gap in KY  Founded Boonesborough

 Social activist, abolitionist, reformer for the women’s movement  Worked with Lucretia Mott on the Seneca Falls Convention  Formed the National Women’s Suffrage Association with Susan B. Anthony and became it’s first president

 Self-educated mathematician, astronomer, compiler of almanacs, inventor & writer  Surveyed land for Washington DC  Invented America’s first working clock carved out of wood

 Fought with Washington during the Revolutionary War  One of the writers of the Federalist Papers and was the 1 st Secretary of Treasury under Washington’s presidency  Killed by a gunshot wound in a duel with Aaron Burr

 Known as the “Little Giant”  Debated Lincoln during presidential election of 1860  Wrote the bill known as the Kansas-Nebraska Act

 Spanish explorer & conquistador  Conquered Peru and the Incan Empire

 American painter & inventor  Designed & developed the 1 st successful electromagnetic telegraph system called “Morse Code”

 Moved to Cincinnati, OH with her family; married and had 7 children born in Cincy  Abolitionist  Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin (inspired to write after her 18 month old son died of cholera)

 Women’s rights activist  Helped call together the Seneca Falls Convention for women’s rights  Abolitionist and religious reformer

 Former slave – Nicknamed “Moses”  Saved hundreds of slaves as a “conductor” along the Underground Railroad  Served the Union Army as a cook, nurse, and eventually as a spy

 Lawyer, held numerous political offices including Secretary of State  4 th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court  Ruled in famous case “Marbury v. Madison” which instituted the process of judicial review

 Showed Plymouth colonist how to grow corn  Helped to negotiate a treaty between the Wampanoag and the Colonists

 Civil War General for the Confederate Army  Was accidently shot in the arm by friendly fire & died from complications after having his arm amputated

 Portuguese explorer who sailed for Spain  Credited with being the first to circumnavigate the earth  He was actually killed in a war in the Philippines and did not complete the journey, but 17 of his men did

 From KY, Confederate General  Best known for “Morgan’s Raid” from TN through KY, OH & IN  Captured and imprisoned in OH, escaped through Boone County & aided by people of Big Bone

 Taken captive by the Shawnee Indians during the French & Indian War  Held at Big Bone Lick to make salt for the Shawnee

 West Point graduate, engineer, President of the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad headquartered in Cincinnati, OH.  Major General of the Union Army before Lincoln relieved him of his command  Ran for president against Lincoln in 1864 and lost

 Served in the Continental Army and the US Army  1st Secretary of War  Artillery commander under Washington during the Revolutionary War

 Explored Louisiana Purchase with Meriwether Lewis  Brother of George Rogers Clark

 6 th president of the US  Son of John Adams  Writer of the Monroe Doctrine (when he was Secretary of State under President Monroe)

 1 st American settler in Texas (when it was still Mexico)  Capital of Texas named after him  Considered “Father of Texas”

 Teacher, nurse, & reformer  Led prison reform and mental health reform  “Superintendent of Army Nurses” for the Union Army

 former slave  Orator, writer, statesman, & abolitionist  produced abolitionist newspaper called “North Star”

 Fought in the French & Indian War  Commander of the Continental Army  1 st President of the US

 Italian merchant traveler  Explored China  Wrote a book which inspired Columbus

 Career US Army Officer even thought he graduated last in his class at West Point  Major General in the Confederate States Army  Led Pickett’s Charge against the Union & lost

 Vice President under Jackson  A famous “warhawk” along with Henry Clay  Was for nullification of federal laws and became the first VP to resign due to conflict with Jackson.

 fought in Revolutionary War  Vice President under Thomas Jefferson  Killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel

Meriweather Lewis  Spanish explorer and conquistador  Explored Florida which he named  Searched for the Fountain of Youth

 Patriot from Virginia  Lawyer and brilliant orator  Famous for speech ending in “Give me liberty or give me death.”

 President during the Mexican American War victory (11 th president)  Wanted to achieve manifest destiny  Helped acquire most of the southwest for America

 soldier  Became leader of Jamestown  Started the “no work, no eat” policy

 Spanish explorer & Conquistador  Discovered the Pacific Ocean  Walked across the Isthmus of Panama that connects Central and South America

 3 rd President of the US  Author of the Declaration of Independence  Commissioned the Lewis & Clark expedition in the Louisiana Territory

 Union General during the Civil War  Accepted surrender of Lee at Appomattox Courthouse  18 th President of the US (served 2 terms)

 Served as Secretary of Education  Presided over the establishment of the first public school  Father of American Education

 16 th president of the US  Wrote the Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address  1 st president to be assassinated – by John Wilkes Booth

 Marcus was a physician & both were missionaries  1 st to take a covered wagon over the Rockies and led the first “Great Migration” across the Oregon Trail  Both were killed by Cayuse Indians after medical help the Whitman’s gave didn’t cure them of an outbreak of measles

 1 st Governor of Plymouth  Signed the Mayflower Compact

 Colonial American Engineer and Inventor  Invented the first steamboat called the Clermont  Invented the world’s first steam warship

 Inventor & mechanical engineer  Invented the Cotton Gin  Idea of interchangeable parts

 Helped save Jamestown  Brought tobacco to America  Married Pocahontas

 Former slave  Fought for abolition and women’s suffrage  Famous speech – “Ain’t I a Woman?”

 English Separatist  Signed the Mayflower Compact and one of the founders of Plymouth  2 ND governor of Plymouth – served 30 years

 Union General during the Civil war  Fought in the 1 st Battle of Bull Run – afterwards put on leave being deemed “unfit for duty”  Best known for his march to the sea and the burning of Atlanta

 Scientist & inventor  Present at the writing of Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, & the Constitution  First Postmaster in America

 Virginia Planter, born in England  Led a rebellion (Bacon’s Rebellion) against the governor of Jamestown  Burned Jamestown

 Hero of the Battle of New Orleans (War of 1812)  7 th President of the US – leader of the new Democratic party  President responsible for the Trail of Tears

 Patriot  Hanged as a spy by the British  Famous for his last words, “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.”

 Silversmith, engraver, industrialist & a Patriot during the American Revolution  Took part in the Boston Tea Party  Famous for his ride warning the colonist that the British were coming

 Explorer, soldier, & writer  Known as “Sea Dog” (English Pirate)  Convinced Queen to settle Roanoke

 Founder of the American Red Cross  “Angel of the Battlefield”  Nurse during the Civil War

 Co-founder of the Sons of Liberty  Organized the Boston Tea Party  Signed the Declaration of Independence

 Virginia farmer who invented the mechanical reaper after his dad tried unsuccessfully  He also was the first to sell on credit  Eventually became known as the International Harvester Co.

 Highest ranking American military officer during Revolutionary War; secured the west  Spent his life trying to pay off debts he signed for during the Rev. War; family finally received settlement after his death (in Louisville, KY)  Brother of William Clark

 Spanish Conquistador  Conquered the Aztecs

 Father of the US Navy  Fought British during the Revolutionary War in one of the most famous naval battles in US History  Famous for his words, “I have not yet begun to fight.”

 British officer & Commander in Chief for the colonies during the French & Indian War  Washington served as his aide after his defeat at Ft Necessity  Mortally wounded in battle

 Wampanoag Chief  Befriended William Bradford at Plymouth  Signed peace treaty with the Pilgrims

 Married John Rolfe  Daughter of the Chief of the Powhatan Indians

 Shoshone Indian  Served as a guide and interpreter for the Lewis & Clark expedition

 British General  Surrendered British troops at Yorktown to end the Revolutionary War  Prior to the war, he actually sided with the colonists in regards to taxes and voted for the repeal of the Stamp Act

 Frontiersman  Saved the life of Daniel Boone  Shawnee Indians captured and tortured him

 Mississippi Congressman  President of the Confederate States during the Civil War

 English philosopher and physician  Writer of social contracts and believed in the natural rights of man  Forced to leave England after a failed assassination plot of the King (eventually returned after the King fled)

 Developed the method of printing from moveable type  Invented the Printing Press  German blacksmith, goldsmith and printer

 English sailor that explored for both the Netherlands and England  Discovered a bay which is named for him & a river: Hudson River & Hudson Bay  Crew rebelled and set him, his son, & a few sailors adrift in a small boat – never seen again

 Editor & writer  Wrote pamphlet called “Common Sense”  Served in the Continental Army

 Leading Confederate General during the Civil War  Surrendered to Grant to end the Civil War  Arlington Plantation was his home

 1 st Vice President; 2 nd President  Patriot; Lawyer; defended British soldiers after Boston Massacre  President during the XYZ Affair (dispute with France)

 Abolitionist; worked as a tanner  Believed in using violent means to end slavery  Conducted raid on Harper’s Ferry in Virginia

 Merchant, smuggler, statesman, & Patriot  President of Continental Congress  1 st to sign the Declaration of Independence

 English artist that drew the surroundings and people of the New World  Governor of Roanoke  Grandfather of Virginia Dare (1 st person born in the New World)

 Sailed to America in 1492  Made 4 voyages to America for Spain

Meriweather Lewis  Abolitionist, journalist, suffragist, and social reformer  Started his own newspaper called “The Liberator”

Meriweather Lewis  Instrumental in bringing the Industrial Revolution to the US  introduced the power loom and the integrated factory system to America  Pioneer in hiring women which became known as the “Lowell Mill Girls”

 Led a rebellion at the end of the Revolutionary War (called Shays Rebellion)  Pointed out weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation  Caused the writing of the Constitution

 From Kentucky, a lawyer, politician and skilled orator  Called the “Great Compromiser”  Ran for president three times and was defeated each time