Progressive Characters

Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt believed in Manifest Destiny, the Idea that that America should expand and was given the god given right to expand. Roosevelt also believed in how America is suppose to be a great nation which would inspire other nations to become America. Roosevelt also created the rough riders some of the finest soldiers. President roosevelt was elected in 1901. He was  involved in the meat expecting act which also led to him being involved with the FDA

Woodrow Wilson

Woodrow Wilson had led this country in to world war I. Wilson believed in moral internationalism the idea that America should be involved in other countries problems. The treaty of versailles is what led Wilson to creating the league of nations a place where all the worlds leaders would come and he created the 14 points system. The league of nations would be when

Ida Tarbell

Ida had became one of the first people that roosevelt had a called a muckraker. A muckraker was as person who would just gather information on the bad things in life instead of actually appreciating the good things happening. ida had proven that JD Rockafellar was building a monopoly and owned a company split up to 6 different companies. Rockafellars company was ordered to break up the monopoly by congress

Robert La Follette

Robert was known as a speaker of relentless pursuit and justice. Lafollette had prioritized the poor and had decided to make it a job to help the poor and to down trodden and also do something about the racism. Lafollette had decided to take part in legislation With the Wisconsin idea that it should be more of a Direct Democracy He wanted the people to have more political power and not the government. Lafollette had  fought against corrupt companies, corrupt party machines he was also putting spending limits on the candidates so not the richest candidate would win.

John D rockafeller

Rockafeller had created his own business with 2000 dollars. He had bought an oil rig and had no real competition because of his prices. His company was turning into a monopoly which had to be broken up because a woman muckraker was being to nosey and getting involved with it to much. Rockafellar had became involved with legislation because of his oil rig and had led America into having a huge advantage against other countries Rockafeller had progressed the nation by donating money into universities.

Eugene V. Debs

Eugene V. Debs had learned most of what he knows from the library and had talked against the government. Eugene became a railway activist and wanted to give rights to the railways and he had worked on the railways as well he was sent to jail because he spoke against the government
Eugene had bettered the government because he was showing them how to speak against the government. He had also created safer working environments for the workers he had also believed in socialism

thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson was born on april 13, 1743 . Thomas Jefferson was a founding father of the united states he was also the author of the american constitution on 1776. At the start of the revolution Thomas Jefferson was a representative of virginia for the continental congress. A short time after he was a wartime governer for virginia during the american revolutionary war. Jefferson was also the first Secretary of state ever for the United states while George Washington was president. IN 1785 Jefferson became minister of the u.s to france a while after the revolutionary war had ended.

While Jefferson was vice president during John Adams presidency he secretly wrote the kentucky and Virginia resolutions. Thomas Jefferson had also created the Democratic-republican party while he was part of george washingtons cabinet which he later resigned. Jefferson then became president in 1801 in which he called the timeperiod the revolution of 1800.

Thomas Jefferson had cut back the army and navy to such a pitiful level that the British could have ignored any U.S threats. Thomas Jefferson was also responsible for the Embargo act of 1807 in which caused many Americans to become unemployed and stopped the British from trading with the colonist.

Virtual Representation 

   Virtual representation is  the idea that  one person from British Parliament would be able to represent the entire population of the 13 colonies. This led to many debates against how the citizens of the thirteen colonies should be able to decide how the money collected from the taxes should be spent. It all started During the stamp act of 1765 levied a tax on many colonial paper products by requiring them to be printed on stamped paper. The stamped paper then had a revenue stamp which meant the customers buying the products would have to pay extra for them in British currency. The point of the tax was to help pay for the return of British troops since the British had won the seven years war and wanted the colonies to help pay for their return.

    The Citizens of the thirteen colonies actually disagreed with this idea because they were not getting a say on how much tax they had to pay and what the British Parliament would spend the money on .The idea of Virtual Representation was actually started by George Grenville who stated that the colonist were being virtually represented this idea was seen as ridiculous to both the British Parliament and the residents of the 13 colonies. The thirteen colonies also stated that under british constitution only the legislature could impose taxes on the colonist. Many people saw this as "no taxation without representation".

Later in 1766 British Parliament passed the declaratory act, which practically gave Parliament the same power they did in Britain but now in the colonies. The colonist were  outraged by this since the declaratory act of 1766 was the same as the Irish declaratory act  and the result of that declaratory act the Irish crown had kept it's power. The colonist obviously did not want that so they fought for their freedom; furthermore, Parliament had gained the power to pass any law they wanted to with just a majority vote which would mean chaos for the colonist

Sir Humphrey Gilbert, Ferdinand George, Walter Raleigh

Sir Humphrey Gilbert was born on 1539, In Devon, England. Humphrey was the best known for claiming the first piece of land for the English from the new world, Newfoundland. Newfoundland was claimed in 1583, during the rule of queen Elizabeth I. Unfortunately, the colony did not have any gold or any real beneficial resources; therefore; it collapsed pretty quickly. The Indian population of Newfoundland during the time is unknown. Newfoundland was a Proprietary colony.

Sir Ferdinand Gorges was born in 1568 through out most of his life he was busy from the start of 1588 which was the defeat of the Spanish armada. Ferdinand Helped the British obtain new land such as maine even though he did not set foot to the Americas once. Ferdinand Claimed land for the English by providing funds for different companies (Colonies). Gorges lived most of his improtant days during the rules of King James I and king Charles I

Sire Walter Raleigh Was born in 1554. He went to go an expedition at Roanoke Island which was considered a failure. He tried again with a better group of colonizers that was governed by John White. John white was going back to England to pick up supplies but then he ran into so many delays such as the Spanish armada interfering, the crew hoping to find treasures in Cuba, and then he found out the colonists had left the settlement leaving Croatoan as a written clue, yet White was never able to investigate due to a hurricane.  

Louis Joliet

Louis Joliet

Joliet was born in September 21 1645. At the age of five and a half, Joliet had lost his father. Fortunately his mother had married a merchant soon after. Joliet's stepfather had owned land from the Ile  de Orleans where Louis would spend alot of his time there. It was also thought that since Joliet had spend so much time on the island it was more likely for him to learn a new language. Joliet then was focused in philosophical and political studies. It didnt last long for Joliet to abandon his dreams become a fur-trader instead. Lastly Joliet tried mining ores but failed in the attempt to stay in iy.
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In May 18, 1673, Louis Joliet had ventured off to an expedition with Father Jacques and 5 other voyageurs departing from St. Ignace with two canoes they went to lake Michigan and right after they went there they headed to Wisconsin's Fox River. Fox River was a marshy area with oak plain. After they went to the Fox River they ended up going to the Mississippi river. Before Louis had explored the Mississippi river everyone thought that it had led them to the Pacific Ocean, they soon found it it lead them to the Gulf of Mexico. At this time Joliet had already encountered natives studying them. Louis had also spent time getting to know different tribes and studying about them. Father Jacques had also written about their journey in his diary and he also drew a map of the country him and his party had passed through.

Joliet and his crew were concerned with encountering the Spanish explorers or colonizers  from Spain; as a result, Joliet later sailed back to the great lakes through the Illinois River, thanks to natives he found it was a shorter route to his destination. Joliet had arrived in Quebec and had shared his findings to the governor Louis de Buade Frontenac. Joliet was later consulted in the plan of the governor to colonize the land. Soon Joliet was rewarded by king George XIV with the island of Anticosti. He also made another expedition in the coast of Labrador where he visited Eskimos.