Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Paul Revere
http://www.americanrevolution.org/revere.html
Nathan Hale
Thomas Jefferson
Abigail Adams
John Adams
Ethan Allen
Benedict Arnold
Phillis Wheatley
Samuel Adams
John Hancock
Alexander Hamilton
George Washington
Known as the
Father of Our
Country, he was
really the 12th
president
He was deeply
concerned with
helping the fledgling
republic flourish
Dolley Madison
James Madison
James is the Father
of the Constitution
He received many
ideas from those he
associated with, but
the final written copy
was in his words
He designed our
system of checks
and balances
Benjamin Franklin
Franklin was a jackof-all-trades and a
master of many
He was the only
person who signed
four of the most
important
documents in U.S.
history
Thomas Paine
Deborah Sampson
Sampson fought in
the Revolutionary
War for over a year
disguised as Robert
Shurtliff, until she
received a serious
wound.
She was discharged
with honors.
http://www.awm.lee.army.mil/Army_Women_Notable/gann
ett_deborah.htm
Benjamin Banneker
Benjamin was an
astronomer,
mathematician, farmer,
and surveyorand
probably the best
known black person
during his time
A clock he invented
kept almost perfect time
for 50 years
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blbanneker.htm
Betsy Ross
Joseph Brant