US History Important People - Just Last Names
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- 3. Who primarily wrote the Declaration of Independence?
- 5. According to archeological finds, he may have been the first explorer in North America.
- 6. Who introduced reforms to Jamestown such as the headrights system?
- 11. The man who said "This is the last speech [Lincoln] will ever make."
- 15. Chosen as the first president of the Confederacy.
- 18. Who proposed the Albany Plan of Union at the Albany Conference?
- 21. Who settled Connecticut with his congregation?
- 24. The young Virginian sent to clear the Ohio River Valley.
- 26. Who started Maryland?
- 28. Senator from Illinois involved in the Compromise of 1850.
- 31. Who founded Quebec and initiated the fur trade for the French?
- 33. Who wrote about the social contract between government and its citizens?
- 34. The Secretary of War who accepted bribes from merchants selling to the western army posts.
- 36. Who was a native who helped the Pilgrims learn to live the wilderness life?
- 37. Who found Roanoke Island?
- 38. Who is credited with starting the motto, "No Taxation without Representation"?
- 40. Tried to incite an insurrection by giving weapons to the slaves in the south
- 41. Who was banished from Massachusetts for saying that God spoke to her about others' salvation?
- 42. Who was a rich plantation owner that had big influence in the House of Burgesses?
- 44. The General who wanted to capture Richmond in order to win the war.
- 46. Elected President because he had no opinion on slavery
- 48. Supreme Court Justice who ruled that Congress ban on slavery is unconstitutional
- 49. Who was the British general that lost in the Battle of Saratoga?
- 51. Elected President without having his name on some of the southern state ballots
- 53. Who was sent to explore by England to look for a Northwest passage in 1497?
- 54. Who was instrumental in helping setting up many of the new state constitutions?
- 55. Which famous New Yorker helped to write the Federalist Papers?
- 56. Nominated by the Democrats in the south prior to the 1860 election
- 60. Who was the proprietor of New York who also gave New Jersey to 2 friends? (His royal name)
- 62. In whose days was the earth "divided"?
- 63. Who wanted started a colony as a "holy experiment?"
- 64. Who was banished from Massachusetts for saying that the land belonged to the Natives?
- 65. Which famous Virginian helped to write the Federalist Papers?
- 68. The father of the Greeks is
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- 1. British general commissioned to defeat French at Fort Duquesne
- 2. Which American captured Serapis off the coast of England?
- 4. America is named after...
- 6. Who was a strong leader in early Jamestown who began trading with the Natives?
- 7. Who did the French send to explore because the Spanish were becoming wealthy?
- 8. Earned his nickname as he stood like a stonewall.
- 9. Who was the British general in charge during the Siege of Yorktown?
- 10. Who became the leader of the new Massachusetts assembly as well as started the Sons of Liberty?
- 11. Who led a rebellion on behalf of the "backwoods" farmers in Virginia?
- 12. Who preached the sermon that has the famous quote "A city upon a hill".
- 13. The former VP and Democrat Senator from Tennessee who became president after Lincoln was assassinated.
- 14. Ottawa chief who continued to attack British forts because settlers were disobeying treaty
- 16. Who proposed, during the 1st Cont. Congress, that the colonies stay part of the British empire?
- 17. He set up schools for sailors and explorers that helped to map Africa's coast.
- 19. Who became the governor of the Dominion of New England?
- 20. He named the native Americans "Indians".
- 22. Which British prime minister began to tax the colonies in 1763
- 23. Who was the British general in charge of New York at the start of the war?
- 25. Missouri slave brought to free territory and then sued because he thought he should be free
- 27. Nominated by the Constitutional Union Party prior to the 1860 election.
- 29. The Secretary of War who was fired by President Johnson.
- 30. Senator from Michigan that proposed popular sovereignty
- 32. He became president after the Compromise of 1877.
- 35. Who was the British general put in charge after the Battle of Saratoga?
- 36. General who proposed the Anaconda Plan
- 39. The most famous "conductor" on the Underground Railroad.
- 43. The first Black Senator in the US Senate.
- 44. The father of the Egyptians is
- 45. Who was the first person killed in the Boston Massacre?
- 47. Who was an American general turned British general after betraying the patriots?
- 50. Who is the most famous midnight rider?
- 52. Who proposed that California should be a free state but other Mexican territory have no restrictions on slavery
- 57. Who had to find natives to work in Cuba and investigate a wealthy Aztec city?
- 58. Who was the King of England at the time of the American Revolution?
- 59. The former general who became president but ended up not being a very "forceful" president.
- 61. Resigned from the Union Army and joined Confederates because he couldn't fight his birthplace.
- 66. Proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
- 67. The General who made his army pay for anything they needed and had a band play for his troops after a Savannah capture.