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Key People in American History

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Wife of President John Adams and mother of John Quincey Adams
Abigail Adams (1744-1818)
Important leader in American Revolution (1722-1803)
Samuel Adams
Founder of first African American church in US
Richard Allen (1760-1831)
Leader of movement to give women the right to vote
Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906)
Leader during American Revolution-switched sides and became a traitor
Benedict Arnold (1741-1801)
American hero and martyt of the Boston Massacre
Crispus Attucks (1723?-1770)
Naturalist, famous for his paintings of American birds
John James Audubon (1785-1851)
Virginia planter and leader of Bacon's Rebellion
Nathaniel Bacon (1647-1676)
Frontiersman who found trail through the Cumberland Gap
Daniel Boone (1734-1820)
Southerner who assassinated Pres. Lincoln after Civil War
John Wilkes Booth (1838-1865)
Mohawk Indian chief who fought with Americans in American Revolution
Joseph Brant (1742-1807)
polotician who supported a states' rights view in early republic
John Breckinridge (1821-1875)
Militant abolitionist who led raid at Harpers Ferry
John Brown (1800-1859)
Union general in Civil War; fought battle of Antietam
Ambrose Burnside (1824-1881)

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