39 josue

Washington: He was the main general in the Revolutionary War and other wars.
He created a foreign policy and gave some advice in his farewell address.

Jefferson: He wrote the Declaration of Independence and other works. And he was a president that believed the government should be run by the common folk.

Lincoln: He was a lawyer and an excellent orator. On January 1, 1863, he issued the Emancipation Proclamation to free slaves. He lost to Douglas running for senator but his debate with him helped him to win the presidential election.

Hamilton: he was elected a member for the Continental Congress in 1782. He was also Washington’s aide. He also wrote essays on the need for a stronger union. At the New York ratifying convention of June-July 1788, Hamilton and his allies defeated the previously dominant antifederal forces in the state.

Jackson: he read law for 2 years and became a lawyer in Tennessee. He was also a general in the war of 1812 and he became a hero for defeating the British at New Orleans. And he was the peoples president and he won by popular vote.

Garfield: he attacked political corruption and got back a measure of prestige for presidency that it had lost during the Reconstruction period. Garfield was also elected to the Ohio Senate in 1859 as a Republican. In 1862, he led a brigade at Middle Creek, Kentucky, against Confederate troops and won. At the age of 31, Garfield became a brigadier general, and then two years later he became a major general of volunteers.
Franklin: He was one of the best printers and his paper the Pennsylvania Gazette was the most popular among the colonies. Franklin was elected to the Second Continental Congress and worked on a committee of five that helped draft the Declaration of Independence. Even though much of the writing belongs to Thomas Jefferson, much of the contribution in the Declaration of Independence belonged to Franklin. In 1776 Franklin signed the Declaration of Independence.
Susan B. Anthony: She was an abolitionists and an educational reformer. She continued the work her friend (Elizabeth Cady Stanton) had started which was working for women’s rights.
Sacajawea: if it wasn’t for her Lewis and Clark wouldn’t have made it across to the west.