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Chapter 7 People
1. Tecumseh
Tecumseh was a Shawnee chief known to be a great warrior. He traveled from Wisconsin to Florida persuading all sorts of tribes to join against the whites. Tecumseh’s brother, Tenskwatawa (the Prophet), said that the Indians had to revolt against the whites to reinvigorate their own culture. After General Harrison defeated the Indians, the people lost their belief in the Prophet and Tecumseh.

2. Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson was the 7th president of the United States. Jackson was a fierce man and good General. Jackson was the hero at the Battle of New Orleans, surprisingly defeating the powerful British Navy. Jackson’s aggressive character got him into trouble for raiding the Seminoles in Florida.

3. John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams was the best-known political leader of the North in the early 1820s. Adams worked as the secretary of state under Monroe, negotiating the Transcontinental Treaty, and helping lay out the Monroe Doctrine. Adams was originally a MA Federalist, but eventually emerged into the Republican point of view.

4. James Madison
James Madison was the 4th president of the United States. Known to be similar to Jefferson, he was a narrow, concise, and straight to the book type of president. As president Madison forbid trade with Britain and France in the Non-intercourse Act, chartered the Second Bank of the United States, and declared war against Britain in 1812.

5. Henry Clay
Henry Clay was a lawyer, politician, war hawk and skilled orator who represented Kentucky separately in both the Senate and in the House of Representatives. He served three different terms as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and was also Secretary of State from 1825 to 1829.

6. James Monroe
James Monroe was the fifth president of the United States. His greatest achievement was his help creating the Monroe Doctrine. His presidency was known as the Era of Good Feelings because it was after the War of 1812 when

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