1. captured the west from the british nathan hale 2. gave his life for his country colonel hamilton 3. betrayed his country john paul jones 4. defeated british navy benedict arnold 5. british commander at vincennes george rogers clark

1- NATHAN HALE --- Gave his life for his country.

Nathan Hale was a soldier of the Continental Army during the War of Independence. First American spy, he volunteered to spy on the British but was captured. Before being executed, he said: "I only regret having only one life to lose for my country." Since then Hale is considered a hero of American independence.

2- COLONEL HAMILTON --- British commander at Vincennes.

Henry Hamilton was a British colonial officer and administrator born in Ireland. He was taken prisoner during the American Revolutionary War when he was the lieutenant governor of the British Fort Sackville.

3- JOHN PAUL JONES --- Defeated British Navy.

John Paul Jones was a Scottish sailor and the first naval command of the United States in the War of Independence.

Although he made enemies among the political elites of the United States, his actions in British waters during the Revolution earned him an international reputation that persists to this day. As such, he is sometimes referred to as the "Father of the United States Navy"

4- BENEDICT ARNOLD --- Betrayed his country.

Benedict Arnold was an American general, who switched over to the British side during the War of Independence of the United States.

5- GEORGE ROGERS CLARK --- Captured the west from the British.

George Rogers Clark was a soldier from Virginia and was the highest ranking US military officer on the northwest border during the American War of Independence. Clark was a leader of the Kentucky militia (then part of Virginia) during much of the war. Clark is best known for his famous captures of Kaskaskia (1778) and Vincennes (1779), which significantly weakened the British influence in the Northwest Territory. Because the British ceded the entire Northwest Territory to the United States in 1783 through the Treaty of Paris, Clark is often referred to as the "Conqueror of the Old Northwest Territory."

1. ford: gerald ford´s presidency, from 1974 to 1977, faced high inflation, named it public enemy nº1, and created the win program (whip inflation now).

2. carter: president from 1977 to 1981, carter had controversial poitions over abortion, but yet, he enforce the roe vs wade decision, which had pro-choice content.

3. reagan. for his eloquency and powerful speeches in his mandates, from 1981 to 1989, reagan earned this nickname, “the great communicator” .

4. george h w bush: despite many presidents had important roles in managing and trying to end the cold war, it was in bush sr's mandate that the berlin wall was materially destroyed, and he was visited by gorbachev in the uspresident from 1989 to 1993.

5. clinton: defense of marriage act. clinton signed this controvesial act, which defined marriage and spouses in strict heterosexual perspective, that was later declard unconstitutional by the us supreme court.

6. george w bush: in the begining of his presidency, which lasted until 2009, bush jr faced the greatest terrorist attacks in us and probably the worlds history, in september, 11 of 2001.

7. obama: in attempts to cease a great economical crisis, barack obama signed the controversial recovery act in february 2009, which handled 780-billion dollars.

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