Key Figures Shaping American Independence and Expansion
Independence and Territorial Expansion: List of People
Founding leaders like Thomas Jefferson and George Washington secured American independence, while figures such as Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk, and explorers Lewis and Clark drove relentless westward expansion, doubling the nation's size and stretching its borders to the Pacific.
People
Birth Death Origin Age (Death)
1591
1603
1663
1693
1706
1721
1722
1725
1726
1727
1727
1728
1732
1734
1734
1734
1736
1736
1737
1737
1741
1742
1743
1744
1744
1744
1745
1747
1750
1750
1752
1753
1756
1757
1758
1758
1764
1767
1767
1768
1768
1770
1772
1773
1773
1774
1778
1780
1784
1786
1790
1793
1793
1795
1803
1804
Timeline
Category
Element
Year
List of People
1591
Birth of Anne Hutchinson (Location: Alford, Lincolnshire, England (present-day Lincolnshire, England))
1603
Birth of Roger Williams (Location: London, England (present-day City of London))
Birth of Carter Bassett Harrison (Location: Around Charles City (present-day Charles City County, Virginia))
1757
Birth of Alexander Hamilton (Location: Near Charlestown, Nevis, St. Kitts and Nevis)
1758
Birth of James Monroe (Location: Present-day Westmoreland County, Virginia, U.S.)
Birth of Noah Webster (Location: Present-day West Hartford, Connecticut, United States)
1764
Birth of Pushmataha (Location: Along the Noxubee River in Choctaw territory, around present-day Macon, Mississippi (multiple theories exist regarding birth place))
1767
Birth of Andrew Jackson (Location: Around Lancaster County (present-day South Carolina). However, the exact birth place is not conclusively determined, and it could also be on the North Carolina side)
Birth of John Quincy Adams (Location: Present-day Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S. (then Braintree))
1768
Birth of Tecumseh (Location: Shawnee territory in the Ohio Country, around present-day Chillicothe, Ohio (birth place theories vary by source, including near Piqua along the Scioto River))
Birth of Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. (Location: Near Richmond (present-day Goochland County, Virginia))
1770
Birth of William Clark (Location: Present-day Caroline County, Virginia, U.S.)
1772
Birth of Josiah Quincy III (Location: Present-day Boston, Massachusetts, United States)
1773
Birth of William Henry Harrison (Location: Around Charles City (present-day Charles City County, Virginia))
Birth of Sequoyah (Location: Tuskegee (Taskigi), around present-day Vonore, Tennessee (Monroe County / Tellico Lake region))
1780
Birth of William Weatherford (Location: Around the Creek village of Coosada, near present-day Coosada, Alabama (differing accounts exist regarding birth place))
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