Abigail Adams
 Wife of founding father
 Advocated for women’s
rights
 Famous quote
“Remember the Ladies”
 Letters to husband
documented life on the
home front during war
John Adams
 Founding Father
 Served on the Committee
which wrote the
Declaration of
Independence
 Secured financial aid for
America during
Revolution
Samuel Adams
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Leader of the Sons of
Liberty
Organized Committees
of Correspondence
Mercy Otis Warren
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Benjamin Franklin
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Crispus Attucks
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Writer
Authored anti-British
plays, poems & essays
Supported independence
Served on Committee
which wrote Declaration
of Independence
Persuaded foreign
countries (France) to aid
the American Cause
African-American
First to die during
Boston Massacre
King George III
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Patrick Henry
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Thomas Jefferson
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King of England before
& after Revolutionary
War
Grievances in
Declaration of
Independence focused on
him
Member of Virginia
House of Burgesses
Famous quote – “Give me
liberty or give me death”
Primary author of
Declaration of
Independence
Influenced by John Locke
Famous quote “life,
liberty, and pursuit of
happiness”
Thomas Paine
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George Washington
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James Armistead
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Wrote “Common Sense” –
stirred colonial emotions
& encouraged Americans
to break with England
Wrote “American Crisis”
– inspired colonists to
continue their fight for
independence
Commander in Chief of
the Continental Army
during the
Revolutionary War
Defeated Lord Cornwallis
at the Battle of Yorktown
Slave whose intelligence
helped defeat the British
at the Battle of Yorktown
Served as the first double
spy
Wentworth Cheswell
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Bernardo de Galvez
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Haym Salomon
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Patriot who fought at the
Battles of Saratoga
1st African-American
elected to public office in
America
Elected to town
messenger for the
Committee of
Correspondence
Spanish governor of New
Orleans
Closed New Orleans port
to British shipping
Attacked British ships in
the Gulf of Mexico
Jewish immigrant from
Poland
Brave example of Civic
Virtue
Gave personal fortune to
help finance
Revolutionary War
John Paul Jones
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Father of the U.S. Navy
 Captain of Bonhomme
Richard that sunk (took
over British warship,
Serapis)
 Famous quote “I have not
yet begun to fight
Marquis de Lafayette
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Lord Cornwallis
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French military advisor
to George Washington
Example of Civic Virtue
Used his own money to
buy clothing for
American troops
British general
Surrounded by Gen.
Washington and French
troops at the Battle of
Yorktown
Hessians
Paul Revere
 German / Prussian mercenaries
 Professional soldiers
 Hired by British to fight in
Revolutionary War
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John Hancock
Boston silver-smith who
created Boston Massacre
engraving
Made the “midnight ride”
warning Minutemen of
Redcoats coming to
Lexington & Concord
 Wealthy Patriot
 President of 2nd Continental
Congress
 Remember for his famous
signature on the Declaration of
Independence