The Five Most Influential People on American History

I think the five most influential people on American history are John Locke, Thomas Edison, Thomas Jefferson, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Theodore Roosevelt. I picked John Locke because of his influence on the founding fathers which in turn led to him influenceing the constitution and Declaration of Independence. Thomas Edison, as most people know, invented the lightbulb which resulted in a huge change in length of work days and many other improtant cultural changes. Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence which inspired the American colonists into battle which resulted in our freedom and later helped write the Constitution. Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin which was a book against slavery and it resulted in many Yankees joining the fight against slavery and then joining the Civil War which ended slavery. Theodore Roosevelt is one of my favorite Amercians in history, he was the president who created National Parks like the Grand Canyon, led the Americans to build the Panama Canal, broke up large business monopolies, and passed laws on food quality.