| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Sam Adams | A member of the Sons of Liberty who started the Committee of Correspondence to stir public support for American independence. |
| Ben Franklin | An inventor, statesman, diplomat, and signer of the Declaration of Independence. |
| King George III | The King of England who taxed the colonies and refused the Olive Branch Petition. |
| Thomas Jefferson | Wrote the Declaration of Independence. Became the 3rd President and purchased the Louisiana Territory. |
| Thomas Paine | Wrote the pamphlets "Common Sense" and "The Crisis" to encourage American independence. |
| George Washington | The leader of the Continental Army who bescame the 1st President of the United States |
| Andrew Jackson | Leader of the original Democratic Party and "President of the people" |
| John C. Calhoun | South Carolina Congressman and senator who spoke for the South before and during the Civil War. |
| Henry Clay | Kentucky Congressman and Senator who proposed the Missouri Compromise& the Compromise of 1850. |
| Daniel Webster | Massachusetts congressman and senator who spoke for the North and the preservation of the Union |
| Jefferson Davis | President of Confederacy during the Civil War. |
| Ulysses S. Grant | General of the Union Army and was responsible for winning the Civil War for the North. |
| Robert E. Lee | General of the Confederate Army |
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