The trick: no Presidents allowed on the list.
(and since this is the PB - President of the Confederate States of America counts as a "President" )
For clarity, "America" here means the land of the current continental United States, and "American" is anyone living on that land since around 1500.
This is actually a pretty interesting question that was posed to me last night by my wife, over fancy (suit/tie, and dress) Valentine's dinner. It was lovely dinner conversation
There's such a broad range of options - theologians, inventors, entrepreneurs, explorers, founding fathers, activists...you get the idea.
My list:
Jonathan Edwards
Benjamin Franklin
Henry Ford
Thomas Edison
And believe it or not, Charles Finney.
Honorable (or dishonorable) mention: John D. Rockefeller, Robert E. Lee, MLK Jr., Carl Sagan, Betty Friedan, Wilbur/Orville Wright...and I'm sure many others.
What's your list and why?
Granted, my knowledge of 1500-1700 in America is somewhat limited, but I just couldn't think of a single individual who, alone, had an impact on the level of the rest of these guys.
(and since this is the PB - President of the Confederate States of America counts as a "President" )
For clarity, "America" here means the land of the current continental United States, and "American" is anyone living on that land since around 1500.
This is actually a pretty interesting question that was posed to me last night by my wife, over fancy (suit/tie, and dress) Valentine's dinner. It was lovely dinner conversation
There's such a broad range of options - theologians, inventors, entrepreneurs, explorers, founding fathers, activists...you get the idea.
My list:
Jonathan Edwards
Benjamin Franklin
Henry Ford
Thomas Edison
And believe it or not, Charles Finney.
Honorable (or dishonorable) mention: John D. Rockefeller, Robert E. Lee, MLK Jr., Carl Sagan, Betty Friedan, Wilbur/Orville Wright...and I'm sure many others.
What's your list and why?
Granted, my knowledge of 1500-1700 in America is somewhat limited, but I just couldn't think of a single individual who, alone, had an impact on the level of the rest of these guys.
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