10. William Lloyd Garrison
William Lloyd Garrison was an American abolitionist and journalist. His newspaper, “The Liberator,” frequently reported stories advancing abolition…
9. Daniel Webster
Daniel Webster was one of the great legal minds and political thinkers of the first half of the 19th century…
8. Henry Clay
Henry Clay of Kentucky served several roles in state and federal legislative and executive branches of government from 1803 to 1852…
7. Petalesharo
Petalesharo was a Pawnee chief from the Great Plains (present-day Nebraska). He delivered remarks on Pawnee culture to the US President…
6. John James Audubon
John James Audubon was one of the first American naturalists. He left detailed notes and illustrations of American wildlife, particularly birds…
5. William Cullen Bryant
William Cullen Bryant of Massachusetts was an early American writer. He contributed to American culture in the areas of poetry and journalism…
4. The War of 1812
The famous painting, “The Battle of Erie,” displayed an imagined scene from one of the notable battles from the War of 1812…
3. Washington Allston
Washington Allston painted the “Storm Rising at Sea’ in 1804 making him one of the earliest landscape painters of the United States…
2. The Corps of Discovery
The Corps of Discovery was the expedition tasked with exploring and observing the ecosystem of the Louisiana Purchase and beyond…
1. The Barbary Wars
The Barbary Wars marked the first major international conflict between the United States and a group of loosely aligned privateers and pirates…