Eli Whitney is most remembered for inventing the cotton gin. The cotton gin mechanically separated the seed from the fiber. This made it possible to grow more cotton, which then made it that the South needed more slaves. Whitney also developed an interchangeable firing part for the musket. He was one of the men that [...]

Abraham Lincoln was one of the greatest Presidents in American History. He was responsible for the ending of slavery in the United States. Lincoln also will always be remembered for reuniting the country and not allowing the Civil War to destroy our nation. Lincoln gave his Gettysburg Address one of the best and well-known speeches [...]

Thomas Jefferson was author of the Declaration of Independence, one of the most important documents in American History. He was Secretary of State while George Washington was President. Jefferson was elected as the 3rd President of the United States. During his term as President he increased the size of the United States with the Louisiana [...]

    George Washington is probably the most important person in American History. During the Revolutionary War he was commander-in-chief of the Continental Army. Washington was able to defeat the British so now America could rule and govern themselves. He was a delegate to both the 1st and 2nd Continental Congress. When it was time for [...]