Who Da Man?? 100 people in 100 days #61-70
John Quincy Adams 6th president of the US Son of John Adams Writer of the Monroe Doctrine (when he was Secretary of State under President Monroe)
Stephen Douglas Known as the “Little Giant” Debated Lincoln during presidential election of 1860 Wrote the bill known as the Kansas-Nebraska Act
Elizabeth Cady Stanton Social activist, abolitionist, reformer for the women’s movement Worked with Lucretia Mott on the Seneca Falls Convention Formed the National Women’s Suffrage Association with Susan B. Anthony and became it’s first president
Samuel Morse American painter & inventor Designed & developed the 1st successful electromagnetic telegraph system called “Morse Code”
Ferdinand Magellan Portuguese explorer who sailed for Spain Credited with being the first to circumnavigate the earth He was actually killed in a war in the Philippines and did not complete the journey, but 17 of his men did
General Charles Cornwallis British General Surrendered British troops at Yorktown to end the Revolutionary War Prior to the war, he actually sided with the colonists in regards to taxes and voted for the repeal of the Stamp Act
Meriweather Lewis Chief Powhatan Father of Pocahontas Leader of more than 30 tribes Controlled the area where Jamestown was founded
John Jay One of the writers of the Federalist Papers (articles & essays promoting the ratification of the Constitution) 1st Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Responsible for peace treaty with Britain called “Jay’s Treaty”
Edward Braddock British officer & Commander in Chief for the colonies during the French & Indian War Washington served as his aide after his defeat at Ft Necessity Mortally wounded in battle
John Sutter Immigrant from Switzerland Built Sutter’s Fort and Sutter’s Mill in California Credited with starting the Gold Rush after gold was discovered at Sutter’s Mill by one of his workers, James Marshall