Traveling through time

Benjamin Franklin(Revolutions)

1706 BCE

Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706, in colonial Boston. Benjamin Franklin was a statesman. Franklin was deeply active in public affairs in his adopted city where he helped launch a library, hospital and college. He also invented the ways of using electricity, and Bifocals. He also negotiated the 1783 Treaty of Paris that ended the Revolutionary War. Benjamin Franklin contributed to the Revolution with several inventions.

Pocohantas(Colonial Period)

1595

Pocahontas was a Powhatan Native woman born in 1595, known for her involvement with English colonial settlement at Jamestown Virginia. She saved the life of Englishman John Smith, by placing her head upon his own at the moment of his death. Pocohantas was the daughter of the Chief she was born in Werowocomoco, VA. She contributed most by helping the colonist settle.

George Washington(New Nation)

Feb 22, 1732

George Washington was born on February 22, 1732, at his family’s plantation in Westmoreland county. Washington had no previous military experienc, he was made a commander of the Virginia militiary. He saw action in the French and Indian War and was eventually put in charge of all of Virginia’s militiary forces. The first presidential election was held on January 7, 1789, and Washington won handily.

Alexander Hamilton(Constitutions)

Jan 11, 1755

Alexander Hamilton was an American Statesman, born in January 11, 1755 and died in July 12, 1804 in the west Indies. He was an influential interpreter and promoter of the U.S. Constitution, as well as the founder of the Federalist Party. Hamilton led the Treasury Department as a trusted member of President Washington. Hamilton successfully argued that the implied powers of the Constitution provided the legal authority to fund the national debt.

Henry Clay(Nationalism and Sectionalism)

Apr 12, 1777

Hnery Clay was Born on April 12 1777, in Hanover County, Virginia. Henry Clay worked as a lawyer before becoming a Kentucky senator and then speaker of the House of Representatives. His way to American history came at an early age. He was 3 years old when he watched the British troops intrude his family home. Over time Clay had come to the House as a War Hawk, a leader who vocally pushed his government to confront the British. Nonetheless people think the War of 1812 was initiated ny Henry Clay.

Robert E Lee(Civil War)

Jan 17, 1807

Robert Edward Lee was born January, 17 1807 in Virginia, the fifth child. Robert E. Lee came to military importance during the U.S. Civil War, commanding his state's armed forces and becoming general-in-chief of the Confederate army in the Civil War. After Virginia voted to secede from the nation on April 17 1861, Lee agreed to help the Confederate forces. Lee's presence is controversial because his symbol stands for racism and hate. Also because he was a big part of the Civil War.

Theodore Roosevelt(Progressive Era)

Oct 27, 1858

Theodore Roosevelt was born on October 27 1858, into a wealthy family in New York. His Nickname was Teddy he was scrony and sickly as a boy, and as a teenager did gymnastics and weightlifting to build up his strength. Roosevelt’s Square Deal domestic program included a promise to battle large industrial combinations or trusts which threatened to stop trade.Roosevelt also used his executive power to further his passion for conservationism. Which was his biggest action as a president.

Herbert Hoover(Modern America)

Aug 10, 1874

Herbert Clark Hoover was born on August 10 1874, in West Branch Iowa the first U.S. president to be born west of the Mississippi River. After attending Quaker schools Hoover became part of the first class to enter Stanford University when it opened in 1891. Later on at the start of World War 1 hoover dedicated his talents to humanitarian work. When the U.S. entered the war in 1917, President Woodrow Wilson put Hoover as head of the Food Administration and he helped thousands.

Adolf Hitler(World War II)

Apr 20, 1889

Adolf Hitler was born on April 20 1889, in Branau, a small Austrian town near the Austro-German frontier. Adolf Hitler was the leader of Germany’s Nazi Party. The most powerful and notorious group of the 20th century. Germany’s invasion on Poland in 1939 led to the start of World War II. beginning in 1933 Hitlers army had operated a network of concentration camps including a one camp at Dachau near Munich, to hold Jews and other targets of the Nazi regime. He effects today with the Aryan race.

Nikita Khrushchev(Cold War)

Apr 15, 1894

Khrushchev was born on April 15 1894, in Kalinovka, a small Russian village near the Ukrainian border. He led the Soviet Union during the wave of Cold War. Started the missile crisis by placing the nuclears in Cuba. He also approved the construction of the Berlin wall. He too his troops to fight in Stalingrad. Six months later, he became head of the Communist Party and one of the most powerful people in the USSR. the whole suspicion between us started because of him doing sneaky things at first.

Martin Luther King(Civil War)

Jan 15, 1929

Martin Luther King Jr. was born in 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. he was a Baptist minister and civil-rights activist who led the civil rights movement in the United States in the 1950's until his assassination in 1968. in 1948 Martin Luther King Jr. earned a sociology degree from Morehouse College, and attended the liberal Crozer Theological school in Chester, Pennsylvania. He is most known for his speech "I have a dream". He is so notable today because he wasa big part of racism coming to an end.

Barack, Obama(Contemporary)

Aug 4, 1961

Barack Obama was born in August 4th, 1961. In Hawaii. On November 8, Obama was elected as president. He got a scholarship to Hawaii before he was elected. During his stint as president, Obama notably focused on issues of nuclear weapons and the health threat posed by avian flu. He will always be the first African American president in US history, and his administration was notable for its stability. Obama’s effects today because people feel like he kept the U.S stable and he helped many people.

MLA Citation

Jun 5, 2019

History.com editors, "Barack Obama." History.com, April 11, 2019. https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/barack-obama. June 5, 2019. Bullock, Alan, "Adolf Hitler". Britannica.com, May 3, 2019.
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