50 people of APUSH Flashcards
(49 cards)
christopher columbus
Italian explorer who made four voyages to the Americas; his 1492 journey marked the beginning of European colonization
Hernan Cortés
Spanish conquistador who led the expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire
Bartolomé de las Casas
Spanish missionary who opposed the mistreatment of Native Americans and advocated for their rights.
anne hutchinson
Religious dissenter in Puritan Massachusetts; challenged gender roles and was banished for her beliefs.
william penn
Quaker and founder of Pennsylvania; promoted religious freedom and good relations with Native Americans.
john winthrop
Puritan leader and first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony; promoted the idea of a “City upon a Hill.”
Metacom/King Philip
Wampanoag leader who led Native American resistance against New England colonists in King Philip’s War.
Nathaniel Bacon
Led a 1676 rebellion of poor Virginia settlers against Native Americans and colonial elites; showed tensions between rich planters and poor farmers.
Jonathan Edwards
Fiery preacher of the First Great Awakening; famous for “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.”
George Washington
Revolutionary War general and first U.S. president; warned against political parties and foreign alliances.
Benjamin Franklin
Inventor, diplomat, and Founding Father; helped secure French support during the Revolution.
thomas paine
Wrote Common Sense, a fiery pamphlet that pushed colonists toward declaring independence.
John Adams
2nd U.S. president; Federalist who avoided war with France in the XYZ Affair but passed unpopular Alien & Sedition Acts.
Abigail Adams
Wife of John Adams; early advocate for women’s rights (“Remember the Ladies”).
Alexander Hamilton
First Treasury Secretary; created national bank, loved strong central government, and died in a duel with Burr.
John Marshall
Powerful Chief Justice who strengthened the Supreme Court (e.g. Marbury v. Madison).
James Monroe
5th president; issued the Monroe Doctrine warning Europe to stay out of the Americas.
Henry Clay
“Great Compromiser” behind the Missouri Compromise and Compromise of 1850; promoted the American System.
John C. Calhoun
South Carolina politician who defended slavery and states’ rights; pushed for nullification.
Andrew Jackson
7th president; populist, Indian Removal Act, killed the national bank, and expanded presidential power.
Charles Grandison Finney
Leading revivalist preacher of the Second Great Awakening; emphasized personal salvation.
Frederick Douglass
Former slave turned abolitionist speaker and writer; pushed Lincoln toward emancipation.
Harriet Tubman
Escaped slave who led others to freedom via the Underground Railroad.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Women’s rights activist; helped organize the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention.
