Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
Crispus Attucks
George Mason
Bernardo de Galvez
Abigail Adams
James Armistead
Wentworth Cheswell
Samuel Adams
Haym Solomon
King George III
Mercy Otis Warren
Thomas Jefferson
He was a student of the Enlightenment. A printer, scientist, mathematician, and statesman. He helped draft the declaration of independence. He was postmaster general. He helped convince
France to help the Colonists in the American
Revolution.
A member of the Continental Congress. He was leader of the Continental Army. He was later the first president.
He was the first person killed in the Boston
Massacre. He was a free African-American.
He led the Virginia Patriots during the Revolution.
He was part of the Constitutional Convention. He was a strong Antifederalist. He was known as
“The Father of the U.S. Bill of Rights.”
He led the Spanish armies against the British during the Revolution. He kept the British from using the Mississippi River. Galveston Island is named after him.
She was wife of John Adams. Their letters reveal much about the Continental Congress. She asked them to, “Remember the Ladies.”
He was an African American slave that was a spy during the American Revolution. He helped
Washington and Lafayette. He was later given his freedom.
He fought in the American Revolution and was the first African-American elected to public office.
Leader of the Sons of Liberty and led the raid during the Boston Tea Party.
He was a Jewish immigrant and investor. He loaned a great deal of money to the Patriot cause to finance the Revolution. He was never paid back.
He was the leader of England during the
American Revolution.
She supported independence through her writing of poems and essays. She convinced many to take up the Patriot cause. She wrote the first history of the American Revolution.
He was part of the Continental Congress. He started the University of Virginia. He wrote the
Declaration of Independence. He was Secretary of State, and later third President during the
Louisiana Purchase.

Baron Charles de Montesquieu
Marquis de Lafayette
John Locke
William Blackstone
John Paul Jones
Patrick Henry
John Adams
Thomas Paine
He was a key thinker of the Enlightenment. His
“Spirit of Laws” argued for separation of powers to guard against tyranny. This helped with the idea of checks and balances. He was the most quoted man at the Constitutional Convention.
He was a French nobleman that offered his services to George Washington. He was a general for the American Patriots and later a leader in the
French Revolution.
He was a political philosopher that challenged the theory of divine right of the king to rule. He said government gets its power from the people. It’s a
“Social Contract.” Thomas Jefferson used my ideas when he wrote the Declaration of
Independence, “Life, liberty, and property.”
He was an English Lawyer and Judge. He wrote commentaries on the laws of England. He explained English Common Law. He defined the rights of individuals & property. His work influenced James Madison & Thomas Jefferson.
He was a daring Naval hero. When he battled the
Serapis he said, “I have not yet begun to fight!”
He is the father of the U.S. Navy.
He was a great Orator (speaker). He led the opposition to the Stamp Act. He said, “Give Me
Liberty or Give Me Death!” He was later an outspoken Antifederalist.
He was a Boston lawyer who defended the British soldiers after the Boston Massacre. He was a patriot. He was later a Federalist and vice president under Washington. He became the second president.
He was an advocate for American independence.
He wrote, Common Sense and the American
Crisis.