| A | B |
|---|
| Ben Franklin | Perhaps the greatest inventor, statesman of Colonial Period |
| John Smith | Leader of the Virginia Colony |
| Patrick Henry | "Give me liberty or give me death" |
| Thomas Paine | Writer of "Common Sense" |
| Thomas Jefferson | Writer of "the Declaration of Independence" |
| Lafayette | Frenchman who helped U.S. during American Revolution |
| von Steuben | Prussian soldiers who helped Washington organize troops at Valley Forge |
| James Madison | President during War of 1812 |
| Alexander Hamilton | Killed in duel, Washington's Secretary of Treasury |
| Aaron Burr | Jefferson's vice-president who killed Alexander Hamilton |
| Francis Scott Key | Wrote the "Star-Spangled Banner" |
| Andrew Jackson | Beat British at battle of New Orleans during War of 1812 |
| Meriwether Lewis | Explored northern part of the Louisiana Purchase |
| Zebulon Pike | Explored southern part of Louisiana Purchase |
| Sacajawea | Aided in exploration of Louisiana Purchase |
