Important People of the American Revolution Adams, John - Second President of the United States Adams, Samuel - American Revolutionary Adams, John Quincy - Sixth President of the United States Allen, Ethan - American Revolutionary War patriot, hero, and politician. Arnold, Benedict - American General who defected from the American to the British side Bowles, William Augustus - Loyalist and Maryland-born English adventurer Brant, Joseph - Mohawk leader and Loyalist during the American Revolution Brown, Thomas Burnfoot - British Loyalist during the American Revolution Dickinson, John - American Statesman and member of the Pennsylvania Assembly Draper, Mary - Woman who helped soldiers during The American Revolution Franklin, Benjamin - American Statesman Franklin, William - Loyalist, Govenor of New Jersey, Son of Ben Franklin Frederick, George William - King of Great Britain and King of Ireland during the American Revolution Girty, Simon - Loyalist and Liaison between Native Americans and Britain Greene, Nathanael - American General during the American Revolutionary War Hancock, John - American Politician, Entrepreneur, and Soldier Henry, Patrick - Founding father of American Revolutionary War and governor of Virginia Howe, John - Loyalist printer during the American Revolution Hutchinson, Thomas - Last British royal governor of colonial Massachusetts Jay, John - The First Chief Justice of the United States Jefferson, Thomas - Third US President and Co-Author of the Declaration of Independence Jones, John Paul - Captain of the American Navy - "I have not yet begun to fight" Knox, Henry - First United States Secretary of War Lee, Richard Henry - American Statesman Important People of the American Revolution Lee, Francis Lightfoot - Active in Virginia politics and signer of the Declaration of Independence Madison, James - Fourth President of the United States Monroe, James - Fifth President of the United States Moore, Margaret Catharine - Helped the colonists during the Battle of Cowpens. Paine, Thomas - Author of "Common Sense" and Revolutionary Prescott, William - American colonel in the Revolutionary War Revere, Paul - American Activist and Artisan Rush, Benjamin - Signatory of the Declaration of Independence Warren, Joseph - Doctor, Soldier and Statesman of the American Revolution Washington, George - First President of the United States Wheatley, Phillis - First published African author in America Wilson, James - Signer of the Declaration of Independence