| A | B |
|---|
| John Smith | founded Jamestown |
| Ben Franklin | went to France to sign the Treaty of Paris |
| Thomas Paine | wrote "Common Sense" |
| Patrick Henry | "Give me liberty or give me death!" |
| George Washington | Leader of the Continental Army |
| Thomas Jefferson | wrote the Declaration of Independence |
| Samuel Adams | leader of the Boston Sons of Liberty |
| King George III | King of England, a tyrant to the colonists |
| Lord Charles Cornwallis | leader of the the British army who surrendered in Yorktown |
| Paul Revere | makes the midnight ride yelling "The British are coming!" |
| James Madison | "Father of the Constitution" because he wrote the Virginia Plan |
| Alexander Hamilton | Federalist leader and one of the authors of the Federalist Papers |
| John Jay | Federalist lawyer and one of the authors of the Federalist Papers |
| Sacagawea | Shoeshone woman who was a great help to the Lewis and Clark expedition because of her language skills and geographical knowledge |
| Francis Scott Key | wrote the Star Spangled Banner at the Battle of New Orleans |
