Important People in U.S. History

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Across
  1. 4. I stated, “ I have not yet begun to fight!’’
  2. 8. I am the founder of Connecticut and the author of the "Fundamental Orders of Connecticut."
  3. 11. I was the first person to receive the Medal of Honor.
  4. 14. I am the founder of the North Star and worked with Abraham Lincoln driving the Civil War on the rights of African Americans.
  5. 15. I am known as the Great Compromiser.
  6. 16. I am an abolitionist who wrote “Uncle Tom's Cabin.”
  7. 18. I wrote the federalist papers along with Alexander Hamilton and John Jay and am known as the “Father of the Constitution.”
  8. 20. I was the first president and the Commander-in-Chief of the United States Continental Army.
  9. 21. I was the president of the Confederate States of America.
  10. 23. I was the seventh president and founder of the Democratic Party.
  11. 25. The Monroe Doctrine is named after me.
Down
  1. 1. I stated “ Ain’t I a woman!”
  2. 2. I was the 16th president and gave the Emancipation Proclamation.
  3. 3. I am the first African-American person elected to U.S. government.
  4. 5. I was a founding father, inventor, and my image is on the $100 bill.
  5. 6. I am the author of “Common Sense.”
  6. 7. I am the author of the federalist papers.
  7. 9. I am a 19 year old Frenchman who helped train soldiers in the American Revolution.
  8. 10. I am the person who helped slaves escape by passage along the Underground Railroad.
  9. 12. I organized the Seneca Falls Convention and gave the Declaration of Sentiments.
  10. 13. I am a patriot who organized the Sons of Liberty and the Boston Tea Party.
  11. 17. Midnight rider who warned colonists that the British were coming to attack.
  12. 19. I wrote the Declaration of Independence and founded the Democratic-Republicans.
  13. 22. I am a Quaker woman who was active in temperance and the abolition of slavery.
  14. 24. I invented the first steel plow.