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Founders and Leaders of the Early Republic: American Historical Figures

Meet the influential figures of early America, including John Adams, Benjamin Banneker, Alexander Hamilton, and more. Discover their roles shaping the nation's history in the late 18th century.

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Founders and Leaders of the Early Republic: American Historical Figures

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  1. Unit 5 People 30 points 3 points per person -2 missing first or last name -1 misspelled -1 grammar (not capitalized)

  2. John Adams • Selected as the nation’s 1st vice-president and elected the 2nd president in 1796; he received great criticism for the Alien & Sedition Acts served 1 term as president

  3. Benjamin Banneker • African-American who helped survey the site for Washington D.C. and plan its design, he also published a series of almanacs in the 1790s

  4. Alexander Hamilton • Washington’s Secretary of the Treasury, came up with a plan to try and solve the nation’s economic problems in 1789, favored tariffs and a national bank, founder of the Federalist Party

  5. John Jay • The 1st Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, sent by Washington to England in 1794 to work out a treaty to resolve conflicts between Americans and British

  6. Thomas Jefferson • Washington’s Secretary of State, opposed Hamilton’s economic plans including the tariff and the bank, helped found the Democratic-Republican Party, lost the election of 1796 to Adams

  7. Henry Knox • Washington’s Secretary of War starting in 1789, today we call this department Defense instead of War

  8. James Madison • Argued that the Constitution did not give the government power to create a bank, helped Jefferson found the Democratic-Republican Party

  9. Thomas Pinckney • Sent to Spain to work out a treaty to allow Americans to use the Mississippi River and the port of New Orleans

  10. Edmund Randolph • Provided Washington with legal advice as Attorney General, today the Attorney General is the head of the Department of Justice

  11. George Washington • First President of the United States taking office in 1789, supported Hamilton’s economic changes, tried to keep the U.S. out of foreign wars, served 2 terms in office

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