12.) This noteworthy but unsuccessful slave rebellion during…

12.) This noteworthy but unsuccessful slave rebellion during 1740 polarized an increasingly developing slave society in the American colonies, and eventually contributed to increased restrictions on African slaves’ ability to read and write, as well as traveling outside the plantation without expressed permission?

5.) Despite not being one of the most famous inhabitants of…

5.) Despite not being one of the most famous inhabitants of the early Jamestown colony, this man would eventually transform the fledgling settlement into the economic powerhouse it later became through forward-thinking agricultural and political methods?

21.) Although somewhat forgotten in popular memory, African…

21.) Although somewhat forgotten in popular memory, African Americans and Native Americans were actively involved in the struggle for independence, and perhaps no better example of this comes in the form of this man who was one of the first colonists killed by British troops during the Boston Massacre?