Chapter 4 People Flashcards
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Count Von Zinzendorf
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Great Moravian leader from Germany who helped the Moravians found Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
2
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Daniel Boone
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Frontiersman who led settlers through the Cumberland Gap into Kentucky
3
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Benjamin Franklin
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Famous colonial statesman, printer, and scientist, founded the Philidelphia Academy
4
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Paul Revere
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Famous silversmith of Huguenot descent
5
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William Billings
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First professional musician and composer born in America
6
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John Winthrop, Jr.
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First American member of the Royal Society of London
7
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Benjamin Banneker
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Famous black American astronomer who built a working clock made entirely of wood
8
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Cotton Mather
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Puritan scientist who helped introduce the smallpox vaccine in America