John Adams was born in 1735 in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He went to school at Harvard where he learned how to be a lawyer. Yet, he was not known more for his patriotism and a delegate to the First and Second Continental Congresses. He was one of the leaders for the movement for independence against the British.
Andrew Jackson was born in the Carolinas in the year 1767 where he grew up in a backwoods settlement and received a sporadic education. It was not until he was in his late teenage years that he dedicated himself to studying the law. For two years he dedicated his free time to reading everything he could about it and became an accomplished young lawyer in the state of Tennessee.
George Washington was born on February 22nd, 1732 in Westmoreland County, Virginia. He was the oldest child of Mary Ball Washington and Augustine Washington and came from a very wealthy and prosperous English lifestyle and family. He lived with his family on the estate on Pope’s Creek that was alongside the Potomac River.
Theodore Roosevelt became the youngest president of the United States. He was appointed to position after President McKinley was assassinated. With his charisma he was able to inspire the American people and lead Congress to stronger reforms and foreign policies.
He took the view that the President as a “steward of the people” should take whatever action necessary for the public good unless expressly forbidden by law or the Constitution.” I did not usurp power,” he wrote, “but I did greatly broaden the use of executive power.”
Cleopatra was one of the most famous queens in ancient Egypt. She was known in that time as Cleopatra VII because she was the seventh woman in her family to have that name - but she is the only one that we remember. Her family ruled Egypt for over 100 years alone before she was born close to 69 B.C.
Virginian Robert E. Lee was the idol of the South and one of the famous leaders during the Civil War. He actually had a hard time trying to adjust to the warfare of the time because it had changed so much – but this did not slow him down. He was able to keep the Union (northern) army out of Virginia for up to three years.
Julius Caesar (full name Gaius Julius Caesar) was one of the most popular and most influential leaders in Rome. He was a great military leader who was able to transform the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire.
When Caesar was born the senators ruled the Roman Republic. They were a corrupt group that made their rulings based on their greed to have more power and their hope that one day they would become the praetor or consul. These two positions would give them the ability to command an army.