Fitz APUSH Final Exam Flashcards

Italian explorer credited with discovering the Americas in 1492.

Leader of Jamestown, helped establish the first permanent English settlement.

Native American chief associated with the Powhatan Confederacy.

Early English colonial leader, governor of Jamestown.

Introduced tobacco cultivation in Jamestown, married Pocahontas.

Native American woman, associated with the early Jamestown colony.

Wampanoag chief who had a significant role in the Plymouth Colony's early years.

Puritan leader, first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Puritan dissenter, advocated for religious freedom.

Founder of Rhode Island, supported religious tolerance.

Native American leader in King Philip's War against English settlers.

Founder of Pennsylvania, advocate for religious freedom and tolerance.

Led Bacon's Rebellion against colonial Virginia's government.

Colonial governor during Bacon's Rebellion.

American author, famous for "The Scarlet Letter."

American Revolutionary leader, known for his "Give me liberty or give me death" speech.

Theologian, known for the Great Awakening sermons.

Influential preacher during the Great Awakening.

Enslaved African-American poet, first published African-American female writer.

Founding Father, inventor, and author.

Involved in a landmark freedom of the press case in colonial America.

First President of the United States, Revolutionary War leader.

Second President of the United States, Founding Father.

Prominent Founding Father, known for his large signature on the Declaration of Independence.

British Prime Minister, implemented unpopular taxes leading to colonial discontent.

African-American killed in the Boston Massacre, symbol of the Revolution.

British monarch during the American Revolution.

Founding Father, leader of the Sons of Liberty.

Royal governor of Massachusetts during a period of unrest.

French military officer who supported the American Revolution.

Prussian officer who trained the Continental Army during the Revolution.

American general who later betrayed the Continental Army.

Introduced the resolution for independence to the Continental Congress.

Author of the Declaration of Independence, third President of the United States.

British general during the French and Indian War.

British Prime Minister during the French and Indian War, supported the colonies.

British general during the American Revolution.

American naval hero during the Revolution.

Leader of Shays' Rebellion, protesting economic injustices.

"Father of the Constitution," fourth President of the United States.

Founding Father, first Secretary of the Treasury.

Founding Father, first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

Secretary of the Treasury under Jefferson and Madison.

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, influential in establishing judicial review.

Supreme Court Justice, signed the Declaration of Independence.

Vice President, known for the Burr-Hamilton duel.

Shawnee leader, opposed American expansion in the Northwest.

Ninth President of the United States, died shortly after taking office.

Influential senator, known for the American System and the Missouri Compromise.

Fifth President of the United States, author of the Monroe Doctrine.

Sixth President of the United States, diplomat, and statesman.

Seventh President of the United States, known for populism and Indian removal.

Orator and statesman, famous for his speeches in the Senate.

President of the Second Bank of the United States.

Vice President, strong advocate for states' rights.

Frontiersman, soldier, and politician.

Founder of Texas, led American colonization in Mexican Texas.

Leader of the Texan forces during the Texas Revolution.

Mexican general and president, involved in the Texas Revolution and Mexican-American War.

Eighth President of the United States, key figure in the development of the Democratic Party.

Inventor of the cotton gin, influential in the development of interchangeable parts.

Reformer, advocated for mental health reform and prison conditions.

Women's suffrage advocate.

Women's rights and anti-slavery advocate.

Leader of the Mormon Church, led the Mormons to Utah.

Women's suffrage advocate and organizer of the Seneca Falls Convention.

Transcendentalist philosopher and writer.

Renowned American poet.

Author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," anti-slavery advocate.

Leader of a slave rebellion in Virginia.

Abolitionist, editor of "The Liberator."

Former slave, abolitionist, and influential speaker.

Abolitionist, murdered for his anti-slavery views.

Politician and military officer, Democratic nominee for President in 1848.

Abolitionist and conductor of the Underground Railroad.

Statesman, known for his debates on states' rights and the Union.

Secretary of State under Lincoln, negotiated the purchase of Alaska.

Fourteenth President of the United States.

Politician, debated Lincoln on the issue of slavery.

Tenth President of the United States.

Eleventh President of the United States, known for territorial expansion.

Sixteenth President of the United States, led the nation during the Civil War.

Twelfth President of the United States, military hero in the Mexican-American War.

Military hero in the Mexican-American War and Union general during the Civil War.

Author of the Wilmot Proviso, opposed the extension of slavery.

Abolitionist, led the raid on Harper's Ferry.

Fifteenth President of the United States.

Abolitionist senator, brutally attacked for his anti-slavery views.

Southern senator who attacked Sumner on the Senate floor.

Enslaved man who sued for his freedom, leading to a controversial Supreme Court decision.

President of the Confederate States of America.

Vice President of the Confederate States of America.

Nurse and founder of the American Red Cross.

Union general during the Civil War.

Confederate general during the Civil War.

Confederate general known for his tactics.

Confederate general known for Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg.

Union general, later President of the United States.

Union general known for "Sherman's March to the Sea."

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Lincoln's Secretary of the Treasury.