Who Da Man?? 100 people in 100 days #1-10

Christopher Columbus  Sailed to America in 1492  Made 4 voyages to America

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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