Name: ______

Who Am I?

Write the name of each historical figure described below.

  1. I restored order at Jamestown by establishing strict rules and making sure everyone helped the colony succeed.
  1. I served on the committee to write the Declaration of Independence. I proposed the Great Compromise and later served as Washington’s Attorney General.
  1. I am known as the Great Compromiser. I represented the West during sectional differences. I proposed the Missouri Compromise and Compromise of 1850.
  1. I served as a guide during Lewis and Clark’s expedition of Louisiana.
  1. As First Lady, I saved valuable documents and paintings during a British attack on Washington.
  1. I was the slave who took a case to the Supreme Court, hoping that being in free territory would make me a free person.
  1. I am an abolitionist. I published The North Star and my autobiography, sharing first hand accounts of the horrors of slavery.
  1. I proposed the Albany Plan of Union. I was an inventor and scientist. I helped convince the French to help the Americans in the Revolutionary War.
  1. I wrote the Declaration of Independence. I doubled the size of the United States. I helped start the Democratic-Republican Party. My Embargo Act was not popular.
  1. Although I am French, I was one of Washington’s most trusted advisors. I was only a teenager when I arrived to fight in the American Revolution.
  1. As Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, I helped establish the precedent of judicial review. I was a Federalist.
  1. I was President when the Indians were forced to move west. My victory in New Orleans convinced many that the Americans won the War of 1812.
  1. I debated Stephen Douglas in Illinois. My victory in the election of 1860 caused southern states to secede. I wrote the Gettysburg Address.
  1. I was chosen to be the leader of New Amsterdam because I was strict.
  1. I suggested that the Spanish should not use Native Americans as slaves. I also suggested Africans would be suitable as slaves.
  1. I was the President of the Confederacy.
  1. I established the trading post of Quebec for the French.
  1. I am known as the Father of our Country. I bravely led the Continental Army. Later, I became the first President of the United States.
  1. Many in the colonies considered me a tyrant. I refused to acknowledge the Olive Branch Petition.
  1. I was the first person to successfully sail around Africa to get to Asia. I returned home with silk, spices and valuable jewels.