People of US History Part 1

Author of Common Sense

• Thomas Jefferson

• Baron von Stuben

• Thomas Paine

• Benjamin Franklin

Part of the Committee of Five, but is considered the main author of the Declaration of Independence

• Jefferson Davis

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

• James Madison

Helped convince the French to support the colonists during the American Revolution

• Thomas Jefferson

• Marquis de LaFayette

• John Adams

• Benjamin Franklin

As second president of the United States, he passed the Sedition Act to limit support for his opponent and it resulted in him losing the election of 1800

• George Washington

• James Monroe

• Henry Clay

• John Adams

Prussian soldier who helped train troops at Valley Forge

• Baron von Stuben

• Alexander Hamilton

• John Brown

• Henry Clay

Frenchman who assisted in training troops during the American Revolution and later led his own section of troops

• James Madison

• Thomas Paine

• Marquis de LaFayette

• George Washington

Farmer who led revolution against high taxes in Massachusetts after the American Revolution

• Benjamin Franklin

• Daniel Shay

• Henry Clay

• Alexander Hamilton

One of the three authors of the Federalist Papers, written to support the ratification of the Constitution

• Thomas Jefferson

• Alexander Hamilton

• John Adams

• Daniel Shay

Was the Commander of the Continental Army during the American Revolution and later set many precedents as the first president

• James Madison

• Benjamin Franklin

• John Adams

• George Washington

List four precedents set by George Washington