George Washington
Washington was a general and our first president. While he was a general he helped win the American revolution. |
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton was involved in the fight for American Independence, was elected to the continental congress and was driving a force in the ratification of the constitution. |
Edmund Randolph
Edmund Jennings Randolph was an American attorney, the seventh Governor of Virginia, the second Secretary of State, and the first United States Attorney General.
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John Jay
John Jay was the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. |
Thomas Jefferson was a delegate from Virginia at the Second Continental Congress and wrote the Declaration of Independence. He later served as the third President of the United States.
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In 1775 George Washington ordered Henry Knox, the nation's first secretary of war, to bring the British artillery back to the siege of Boston that was captured at Fort Ticonderoga.
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American general during the American Revolution (1745-1796).
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Edmond french diplomat who tried to get American support against the British.
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Thomas Pinckney
Thomas Pinkckey negotiated and created a settlement, or treaty with Spain, in 1795, called Pinckney's treaty.
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Philip Freneau
Philip Freneau was a Republican editor of National Gazette, associated with Jefferson and quickly became the leader of Republic press.
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Charles de Talleyrand
Charles de Talleyrand was a French foreign minister; infamous because of his requested bribe during the XYZ affair, but instrumental in settling the details of the Louisiana Purchase
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