Dead Dudes
General who was the Battle of Saratoga hero
Horatio Gates
Military governor of Massachusetts appointed by King George III to put the colonists in a time out
Sir William Howe
Try getting into this Ivy League school, it's not easy. It's also the first higher learning institution in the colonies
Harvard
Dictionaries are important, thank this guy who wrote the first one
Noah Webster
Mr. C is ranting now about the World Series. They are playing the Yankees, and thus far, winning the series
LA Dodgers
Pioneer who discovered the Cumberland Gap
Daniel Boone
Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania writer
John Dickinson
Forget A Beka or Bob Jones U. Press, this was the most widely used textbook in the colonies
New England Primer
German printer brought to trial for being critical of the NY governor
John Peter Zenger
This guy ranted about "Give me liberty, or give me death!" Or something like that.
Patrick Henry
Won the Battle of Lake Erie
Oliver Hazard Perry
Queen Elizabeth I sent this dude to search for the Northwest Passage
Sir Martin Frobisher
This was important, for George Washington had to suppress a rebellion by this guy during the so-called Critical Period
Daniel Shays
"Hey English Catholics, tired of being persecuted by those pesky Protestants? Well come over to this fine colony in the New World. It's a safe haven for you."
Maryland
The Hessians, passed out on too much port wine, were totally unprepared and attacked by George Washington and his men in this sleepy town on Christmas night in 1776
Trenton
Prussian general who served for the Patriot army
Baron von Steuben
Writer of Commentaries on the Laws of England
William Blackstone
The British prime minister who passed the Stamp Act, which the colonists did NOT appreciate so much
George Grenville
This is important as well, it was the trend of raising fences or hedges to farm sheep
Enclosure Movement
President John Adams ranted about this so much, a bill was created that allowed Napoleon to manipulate the U.S. into war with Great Britain
Macon Bill
Before I died, I was the dude who became the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
John Winthrop
"People love me, believe me. I'm the best. Well don't ask the Aztecs what they think about me, 'cause I conquered them, killed their leader, and was really, really, mean to them." Said by this man
Hernando Cortes
Similar to the Articles of Confederation in its support for equal representation for ALL states, this plan turned in to the U.S. Senate with each state having 2 representatives
New Jersey Plan
This is important for Log College, for this guy founded it
William Tennent
The British were ranting about how they were captured by John Paul Jones and this ship of Jones'
Bonhomme Richard