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Union general responsible for the "March to the Sea," in which the city of Atlanta, Georgia was destroyed
William T. Sherman
He "discovered" the New World in 1492
Christopher Columbus
Founder of Connecticut, author of the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Thomas Hooker
Founder of Georgia for former convicts and debtors; responsible for settling north of Spanish Florida
James Oglethorpe
Founders of the Massachusetts Bay Colony after escaping persecution
Pilgrims/Puritans
Founders of Rhode Island, after being banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for believing in religious tolerance
Roger Williams & Anne Hutchinson
Founder of Pennsylvania; founded it as a safe haven for Quakers
William Penn
Religious group that settled in Pennsylvania as a safe haven to escape religious persecution
Quakers
The king of England during the American Revolution
King George III
American inventor and politician, responsible for the Albany Plan of Union to unite the colonies against France during the French and Indian War
Benjamin Franklin
Leader of the Sons of Liberty; responsible for leading boycotts in Boston and leading the Boston Tea Party
Samuel Adams
French military leader who helped discipline the Continental Army at Valley Forge
Marquis de Lafayette
They were the leaders of the Federalists, aimed at supporting ratification of the new constitution during the Ratification Debate
Hamilton, Madison, Jay
He was an Anti-Federalist who supported states' rights; declared "Give Me Liberty, Give Me Death" during the American Revolution
Patrick Henry
He was an Anti-Federalist who demanded a bill of rights be added to the constitution to protect individual rights
George Mason
American inventor responsible for the cotton gin and interchangeable parts
Eli Whitney
