FOUNDING FATHERS AND MOTHERS – KEY PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
The following are a group of men & women who were either in the group SONS OF LIBERTY, signers
of the DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, or the DAUGHTERS OF LIBERTY. Others on the list
participated in the American Revolution in other ways.
Samuel Adams
John Adams
Ben Franklin
John Hancock
Thomas Jefferson
John Dickinson
George Washington
Patrick Henry
Alexander Hamilton
John Jay
Button Gwinnett
Lyman Hall
George Walton
William Ellery
Samuel Chase
Richard Henry Lee
Elbridge Gerry
Philip Livingston
Benjamin Rush
Benedict Arnold
James Otis
Joseph Warren
Samuel Prescott
Peter Tondee
Famous Ladies of the Time Period
Martha Washington
Deborah Sampson
Molly Pitcher
Abigail Adams
Mercy Otis Warren
Sarah Franklin Bache
Minimum - One page double spaced 10 font
Sources Cited Page – At least three credible sources – check with me (no Wikipedia, ask.com,
textbooks)
At least one picture of your person
Answer the following questions?
Where are they from?
When did they live?
What was their role leading up to the American Revolution or during the Revolution?
What is their significance?
If you could ask them one question in person, what would you ask them?
Why did they do whatever it is they did in the Revolution? (motivations to act)
What later role, if any, did they play in American history?
Find a primary source to quote from during this time period. This primary source must relate to their role
in the American Revolution. You must include a “portion” of this primary source in your report.
Look at official websites like the following for primary sources:
Gilder Lehrman
National Archives
Georgia State Archives
Library of Congress
www.ushistory.org
www.history.com (History Channel)
Make sure that you quote from your primary source in the body of your paper using the following
instructions:
- Single space the quotes
- Indent five spaces
- Quotation marks at the beginning and end of quote
- Quote should be at least three lines long
- Quote should have something to do with their role in the American Revolution
- You should skip one line and state the source of the quote underneath it.