APUSH Key Figures

Colonial/Rev.

100

I was the main preacher during the 1st Great Awakening. I traveled and gave public sermons

George Whitefield

200

My enlightenment ideas of Life, Liberty, and Property became an inspiration for the American Revolution.

John Locke

300

I was in charge of the Massachusetts Colony. I was a Puritan who wanted the colony to be a "shining city upon a hill" 

John Winthrop

400

I created the Albany Plan of Union. I was an inventor and key founding father helping Jefferson pen the Declaration of Independence and served as ambassador to France during the Revolution

Ben Franklin

500

I was a key figure in the Revolutionary War. Leaving France to serve as a general in the Continental Army. I was also key in securing French support in the war

Marquis de Lafayette 

Colonial/Rev. 2

100

I created the pamphlet of the Boston Massacre and spread it across the colonies. My famous midnight ride warned the minutemen of Lexington and Concord that the British regulars where coming.

Paul Revere

200

I was kicked out of Massachusetts because I wanted to increase the role of women in the Puritan church, challenging gender norms.

Anne Hutchinson 

300

I rebelled against the Virginia colony because indentured servants weren't getting land after their contracts expired. Afterwards the colony switched to African slavery instead of indentured servitude 

Nathanial Bacon (Bacon's Rebellion)

400

I was the head of the Sons of Liberty. I organized the Boston Tea Party and many protests against British rule

Samuel Adams

500

My revolt convinced the British to ban white settlement past the Appalachian Mountains.

Chief Pontiac

A New Nation

100

I was the main author of the Constitution of the United States. nicknamed Father of the Constitution. I also wrote many of the Federalist Papers

James Madison

200

I greatly increased the power of the federal government over the states in the McCulloch vs Maryland ruling. I established Judicial Review with the Marbury vs Madison ruling.

John Marshall (Marshall Court)

300

Anti-federalist who later became the first Democratic-Republican President. Favored more power to the states. Primary author of the Declaration of Independence

Thomas Jefferson

400

Primary author of the Federalist Papers. 1st treasury secretary. Created a national bank and advocated for tariffs to pay off debt from the Revolutionary War

Alexander Hamilton

500

Head of the Whig Party. Known as the great compromiser with both the Missouri Compromise and Compromise of 1850. Created the American system 

Henry Clay

Antebellum

100

I founded the Democratic Party. Signed the Indian Removal Act. Ended the national bank. I also solved the nullification crisis

Andrew Jackson

200

I invented the Cotton Gin and revolutionized mass production with interchangeable parts

Eli Whitney

300

I was a former slave who went back south and escorted many slaves to the safety of the north via the underground railroad

Harriet Tubman

400

I was a slave who led a revolt in Virginia which led to the south doubling down on slavery and not wanting abolition

Nat Turner

500

Main proponent at the Seneca Falls convention starting the women's suffrage movement

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Civil War/Recon.

100

Leader of the Mormons. Led the community west founding Salt Lake City, Utah

Brigham Young

200

I was the creator of the most popular anti slavery newspaper called "the Liberator"

William Lloyd Garrison

300

I was the man who led Confederate forces in the Civil War. I was the main general who's surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

Robert E Lee

400

I authored Uncle Tom's Cabin to expose the evils of slavery to world and northern audiences

Harriet Beecher Stowe

500

I was the President after Lincoln was assassinated. I did not favor extending rights to freed slaves and was impeached by Congress

Andrew Johnson