History STAAR People

Born in England, I was a Quaker.  I wrote "No Cross, No Crown, and Innocency with Her Open Face," which I wrote in prison. 

• William Penn
• John Calhoun
• James Monroe
• William Carney

As a French officer, I helped Americans fight against Great Britain.  I was a good friend to George Washington and became an honorary US citizen.

• Jean LaFitte
• Charles de Montesquieu
• Frere Jacques
• Marquis de Lafayette

I am known as the "Father of American Democracy" and aided in the adoption of the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut in 1639.  

• Thomas Hooker
• Thomas Jefferson
• Thomas Jackson
• Thomas Blackstone

I was arrested for fighting for women's suffrage.  The 19th Amendment was renamed after me.  

• Susan B. Anthony
• Mercy Otis Warren
• Sacagawea
• Ann Hutchison

I was involved in the Missouri Compromise of 1850.  I ran for President 3 times but was never elected.  

• Alexander Hamilton
• Dred Scott
• John Paul Jones
• Henry Clay

My most famous quote is "Give me Liberty or give me death."  

• John Paul Jones
• Alexander Hamilton
• John Wilkes Boothe
• Patrick Henry

Why did the PILGRIMS and PURITANS come to America?

• gold
• slaves
• tobacco
• religious freedom

"Father of the Constitution"

• George Washington
• Crispus Attucks
• James Madison
• Thomas Jefferson

Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin, a book about the cruelties of slavery in the South?

• Susan B. Anthony
• Anne Hutchinson
• Clara Barton
• Harriet Beecher Stowe

First black citizen to be elected to the US Senate (1870 - 1871) 

• Fredrick Douglas
• Hiram Rhodes Revels
  
• Harriet Tubman
  
• Crispus Attucks