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Patrick Henry | fiery Virginia Burgess who urged independence: "Give me Liberty, or give me death!" |
Paul Revere | Boston silversmith and Boston Massacre illustrator famous for his 'mignight ride' |
John Paul Jones | American naval officer who refused to surrender to British: "I have not yet begun to fight!" |
Marquis de Lafayette | young French aristocrat who served as trusted aide to Gen. Washington |
John Adams | Mass. lawyer and outspoken delegate at the Continental Congress |
Benjamin Franklin | Penn. printer, inventor, and diplomat |
Benedict Arnold | respected American general who became a 'turncoat' (traitor!) and spied for British |
Charles Cornwallis | British aristocrat and general defeated at Battle of Yorktown, VA |