1. Who Da Man??
100 people in 100 days
#51-60

2. Paul Revere
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

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

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

5. Harriet Beecher Stowe
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)

6. Robert Fulton Colonial American Engineer and Inventor
Invented the first steamboat called the Clermont
Invented the world’s first steam warship

7. John Hancock Merchant, smuggler, statesman, & Patriot
President of Continental Congress
1st to sign the Declaration of Independence

8. Simon Kenton Frontiersman Saved the life of Daniel Boone
Shawnee Indians captured and tortured him

9. Ponce de Leon Spanish explorer and conquistador
Explored Florida which he named
Searched for the Fountain of Youth

10. Tecumseh 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

11. George Pickett
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