American Revolutionaries
This engraver turned a violent episode between British regulars and colonists in 1770 into propaganda for revolution.
Paul Revere
Pennsylvania
This general’s acceptance letter upon receiving the Republican nomination in 1868 included the line “Let us have peace”
Ulysses S. Grant
One of the major causes of the war was this British practice of forcing US merchant sailors into the Royal Navy
impressment
George Washington
Virginia
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John Tyler, James Monroe, & Jefferson Davis are all buried in this Virginia city's Hollywood Cemetery
This brewer represented Massachusetts in the Continental Congress and later served as the state’s governor
New York
He built the first White House stables in 1800 to house his favorite horse, Cleopatra
John Adams
After a peace treaty was signed, ending the war, Andrew Jackson became a war hero at this battle in January of 1815.
New Orleans
Alexander Hamilton
New York
He was discovered to have shared private American troop movements in 1779 with the British government.
Benedict Arnold
The Battle of San Patricio, 1836
Texas
In 1824, these two men tied for electoral votes and the House had to decide the outcome
Andrew Jackson and JQA
Though fighting continued for several weeks, the Dec. 1814 treaty of this Belgian city officially ended the war
Ghent
Charles Pinckney
South Carolina
This attorney wrote five essays in the Federalist papers and was the principal negotiator in a 1794 treaty with Great Britain
John Jay
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The Battle of Yorktown, 1781
The only grandfather/grandson to ever both serve as President
William Henry and Benjamin Harrison
The US Navy won several famous duels between these warships bigger than sloops but smaller than ships of the line
frigates
William Paterson
New Jersey
He donated his salary as postmaster general to the relief of the war’s wounded soldiers
Benjamin Franklin
Massachusetts
The only odd numbered year in which a Presidential election has been held.
1789
The British Union Jack flag was waving over this fort on September 14, 1814
Fort McHenry
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Benjamin Franklin