1. Who Da Man?? 100 people in 100 days #21-30

2. Benjamin Franklin  Scientist & inventor  Present at the writing of Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, & the Constitution  First Postmaster in America

3. John Smith  soldier  Became leader of Jamestown  Started the “no work, no eat” policy

4. Clara Barton  Founder of the American Red Cross  “Angel of the Battlefield”  Nurse during the Civil War

5. Eli Whitney  Inventor & mechanical engineer  Invented the Cotton Gin  Idea of interchangeable parts

6. John Carver  1 st Governor of Plymouth  Signed the Mayflower Compact

7. Hernan Cortes  Spanish Conquistador  Conquered the Aztecs

8. Ulysseus S. Grant  Union General during the Civil War  Accepted surrender of Lee at Appomattox Courthouse  18 th President of the US (served 2 terms)

9. Dorothea Dix  Teacher, nurse, & reformer  Led prison reform and mental health reform  “Superintendent of Army Nurses” for the Union Army

10. Squanto  Showed Plymouth colonist how to grow corn  Helped to negotiate a treaty between the Wampanoag and the Europeans

11. Mary Ingles  Taken captive by the Shawnee Indians during the French & Indian War  Held at Big Bone Lick to make salt for the Shawnee