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Potrero 8th social studies-people
Key people we have studied in social studies so far
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8th Grade
02/16/2010

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Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Wrote the abolitionist novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin
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John Brown
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tried to start a slave rebellion by capturing a federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry
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Hammurabi
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This emperor had the world's first written laws set in stone
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Moses
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Bible prophet who led his people out of slavery in Egypt
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Ferdinand Magellan
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this explorer circumnavigated the earth
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King John
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English monarch who signed the Magna Carta
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John Winthrope
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Leader of the Plymouth Colony
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Harriet Tubman
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Leader of the Underground Railroad called the "Black Moses."
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Andrew Jackson
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He signed the Indian Removal Act
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Thomas Jefferson
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Responsible for the Louisiana Purchase
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William Lloyd Garrison
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Started the abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator.
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John Smith
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Leader of the Jamestown Colony
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Isabella of Spain
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This person funded Columbus search for a shortcut to Asia
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George Washington
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His farewell address warned the US to avoid "entangling alliances."
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Montesquieu
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This person came up with the idea of having three branches of government
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Sacajawea
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This person served as a guide to Lewis and Clark
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Pocahontas
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She helped John Smith and the Jamestown colony
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Hernan Cortes
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Conquered Mexico for Spain
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Francisco Pizarro
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Defeated the Inca Empire for Spain
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Thomas Jefferson
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Wrote the "Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom"
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