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Important Individuals

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Samuel Adams   show
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King George III   show
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show Main author of the Declaration of Independence and the 3rd president of the United States who purchased the Lousiana Territory from France.  
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Thomas Paine   show
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Samuel Adams   show
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show King of Great Britain during the American Revolution.  
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show Main author of the Declaration of Independence and the 3rd president of the United States who purchased the Louisiana Territory from France.  
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Thomas Paine   show
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Benjamin Franklin   show
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George Washington   show
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show Considered the Father of the Constitution and the 4th President of the United States. Was one of the authors of the Federalist Papers, which supported ratification of the Constitution.  
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Alexander Hamilton   show
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James Monroe   show
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show 7th President of the United States moved Native Americans west of the Mississippi River in what became known as the Trail of Tears.  
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton   show
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show led the movement to establish free public education.  
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Frederick Douglas   show
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Harriet Beecher Stowe   show
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show Supported no taxation without representation was a leader in the Independence movement. He stated: “I know now what course other may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!”  
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show Political leader in Boston who helped form the Committees of Correspondence and the Sons of Liberty to oppose British taxes.  
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King George III   show
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show Main author of the Declaration of Independence and the 3rd president of the United States who purchased the Louisiana Territory from France.  
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Thomas Paine   show
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show Helped Jefferson write the Declaration of Independence and participated in the Constitutional Convention of 1787.  
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show Commander of the Continental Army during the American Revolution and the 1st President of the United States.  
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show Considered the Father of the Constitution and the 4th President of the United States. Was one of the authors of the Federalist Papers, which supported ratification of the Constitution.  
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Alexander Hamilton   show
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James Monroe   show
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Andrew Jackson   show
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show Leader of women’s rights movement. She helped organize the Seneca Falls Convention.  
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show led the movement to establish free public education.  
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show African American who escaped slavery and became a leader in the Abolition Movement.  
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Harriet Beecher Stowe   show
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show Supported no taxation without representation was a leader in the Independence movement.  
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show Gave his most famous speed before Virginia House of Burgesses in 1775, he stated: “I know now what course other may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!”  
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George Mason   show
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show Served as president of the United States (Union) during the Civil War.  
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Jefferson Davis   show
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show Served as commander of the Confederate troops during the Civil War. Surrendered at Appomattox Court House.  
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Ulysses S. Grant   show
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show African American who escaped slavery and became a leader in the Abolition Movement.  
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show Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin and anti-slavery novel.  
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show Supported no taxation without representation was a leader in the Independence movement.  
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Patrick Henry   show
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George Mason   show
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Abraham Lincoln   show
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show Served as president of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War.  
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Robert E. Lee   show
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Ulysses S. Grant   show
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show an escaped slave who became a Conductor on the Underground Railroad and helped over 300 slaves to freedom in the North.  
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