Test 2 Review : People Flashcards
French; Goes against Washington’s neutrality; silenced.
Edmond Genet
GW level leader; “Fighting Quaker”; Made friends of Indians; Francis Marion “Swamp Fox” Indian Fighter
Nathaniel Greene
GW level; annihilates westward Indians threatening expansion
George Rogers Clark
Traitor; only skilled officer; moves to England after war and lives in misery
Benedict Arnold
cotton gin; kick started slavery; following innovations : gun assembly line & steam boat.
Eli Whitney
“founding fathers are pocket patriots”
Charles Beard
kills Hamilton in a duel for being a douche
Aaron Burr
American Prisoner; Battle of Baltimore
Francis Scott Key
2nd president
John Adams
Wanted a weak federal government, liberty is most important; only the educated shall vote; agriculture oriented government; france is bae.
Thomas Jefferson
“Those who own the country should run it”; strong national govt; upper class and educated elite rule; business oriented economy; Britain is our true friend.
Alexander Hamilton