He was a skilled Confederate general from Virginia.

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He was a skilled Confederate general from
Virginia.
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He was a major author of the Declaration of
Independence He was the leader of the Democratic
Republicans. He favored a weak national
government. He supported states powers and small
business and farmers. He opposed a national
bank.He bought Louisiana from France (Louisiana
Purchase).Lewis and Clark explored this new land
west of the Mississippi River.
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He was the leader of the Army of Northern
Virginia. He was offered command of the Union
forces at the beginning of the war but chose not
to fight against Virginia. He opposed secession,
but did not believe the union should be held
together by force. He urged Southerners to accept
defeat at the end of the war and reunite as
Americans when some wanted to fight on.
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James Madison was the author of the Bill of
Rights. The War of l812, which was fought during
his presidency, caused European nations to gain
respect for the United States.
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He claimed southwest United States for Spain.
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He established the French settlement of Quebec.
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He claimed the Mississippi River Valley for
France.
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He was Commander of the Continental Army. During
his presidency the federal court system was
established, political parties grew out of the
disagreements between Hamilton and Jefferson over
the proper role of the national government, the
Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution of
the United States of America, plans were
initiated for development of the national capital
in Washington, D.C.
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He was the British general who surrendered at
Yorktown.
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He championed the cause of independence. A
two-party system emerged during his term as
president.
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He was an outspoken member of House of Burgesses.
He inspired colonial patriotism with Give me
liberty or give me death speech.
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He was President of the United States. He opposed
the spread of slavery and issued the Emancipation
Proclamation. He was determined to preserve the
Unionby force if necessary. He believed the
United States was one nation, not a collection of
independent states. He wrote the Gettysburg
Address that said the Civil War was to preserve a
government of the people, by the people, and for
the people. Following Lincolns election, the
southern states seceded from the Union. Lincoln
and many Northerners believed that the United
States was one nation that could not be separated
or divided.
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He was a prominent member of Continental
Congress he helped frame the Declaration of
Independence.
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He was a journalist and author of Common Sense.
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A former slave who wrote poems and plays
supporting American independence.
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Patriot who made a daring ride to warn colonists
of British arrival.
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He was general of the Union army that defeated
Robert E. Lee.
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The British king during the Revolutionary era.
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She believed that slavery was wrong and became an
abolitionist leader.
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Samuel Adams and others led patriots in throwing
tea into Boston Harbor to protest tea taxes.
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He was the leader of the Federalists, who favored
a strong national government, limits on states
powers, the development of industry on a national
scale, and a national bank.
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Benjamin Banneker, an African American astronomer
and surveyor, helped complete the design for the
city of Washington, D.C.
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Clara Barton, a Civil War nurse, created the
American Red Cross.
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Cyrus McCormick worked with Jo Anderson to invent
the reaper. The reaper increased the productivity
of the American farmer.
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He was an abolitionist leader.
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The steamboat was invented by Robert Fulton. It
provided faster river transportation that
connected Southern plantations and farms to
Northern industries.
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He introduced the Monroe Doctrine warning
European nations not to interfere in the Western
Hemisphere.
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John Cabot explored eastern Canada.
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Meriwether Lewis explored this new land west of
the Mississippi River. In the Lewis and Clark
expedition, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
explored the Louisiana Purchase from the
Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean.
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Robert Smalls, a sailor and later a Union naval
captain, was highly honored for his feats of
bravery and heroism. He became a Congressman
after the Civil War.
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She was a leader of the suffrage movement.
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She was a leader of the suffrage movement.
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She was a leader of the suffrage movement.
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He was a leader of the abolitionist movement.
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The cotton gin was improved by Eli Whitney. It
increased the production of cotton and thus
increased the need for slave labor to cultivate
and pick the cotton.
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William Clark explored this new land west of the
Mississippi River. In the Lewis and Clark
expedition, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
explored the Louisiana Purchase from the
Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean.
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Jefferson Davis was President of the Confederate
States of America.
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He was a slave who worked with Cyrus McCormick to
invent the reaper.
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He was the man whose ideas include people have
natural rights to life, liberty, and property
government is created to protect the rights of
people and has only the limited and specific
powers the people consent to give it.