US History Important People - Just Last Names

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