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| Louis XIV | The "Sun King"- French absolute monarch- Louisiana is named in is honor |
| Samuel de Champlain | "Father of New France"- French explorer who helped establish settlements along the St. Lawrence River such as Quebec |
| Jacques Marquette | Jesuit priest and explorer who travelled throughout the Great Lakes and upper Mississippi River area |
| La Salle | French explorer who sailed down the Mississippi River. Shipwrecked in Texas and this is how France has a claim to Texas |
| George Washington | Sent by the governor of Virginia to secure British claims in the Ohio Valley, started the French and Indian War while there; Virginia planter (Mount Vernon); named commander of the Continental Army during the Revolution, held the army together during the toughest of times, victorious at Yorktown |
| Benjamin Franklin | Colonial inventor, diplomat, scientist, etc.; initiated the Albany Plan, Patriot leader during the Revolution, key diplomat to securing French alliance |
| William Pitt | "The Organizer of Victory" during the French and Indian War; developed a wise strategy to focus on conquering the St. Lawrence River and promote younger, and more aggressive generals |
| John Hancock | Prominent Boston businessman and smuggler, seeing as a troublemaker to the British; known for signing the Declaration of Independence |
| Adam Smith | Author of The Wealth of Nations (1776) which argued against mercantilism and for free trade |
| George Grenville | British Prime Minister after the French and Indian War who implemented various taxes/policies such as the Proclamation of 1763, the Sugar Act, and the Stamp Act |
| Samuel Adams | Founded the Sons and Daughters of Liberty, Committees of Correspondence; probably involved in the Tea Party |
| Charles Townshend | Took over for Lord Rockingham as prime minster who had taken over for Grenville; Understood the necessity of raising revenue from the colonies |
| John Adams | Wanted to ensure that the soldiers in the Boston Massacre received a fair trial; a founding father; co-author of the Declaration of Independence; effective diplomat during the War for Independence |
| Thomas Hutchinson | Royal governor of Massachusetts during the Boston Tea Party and Coercive (Intolerable) Acts |
| King George III | King of Britain during the Revolutionary period; rejected the Olive Branch Petition, |
| Patrick Henry | "Give me liberty, or give me death" speech; a part of the Virginia Committee; a colonial leader |
| Paul Revere | "The British are coming"; warned that British troops were coming to Lexington; a delegate in First Continental Congress |
| Benedict Arnold | Attempted betrayal in New York to the British at a low-point in the war; failed invasion in Canada; America's most infamous traitor |
| Thomas Paine | Author of "Common Sense"- propaganda pamphlet. Major influence during The American Crisis |
| Richard Henry Lee | Virginia Committee and First Continental Congress; joined many groups and conventions |
| Thomas Jefferson | The primary author of the Declaration of Independence, Virginian |
| Joseph Brant | Iroquois military and political leader who was closely associated with Britain during and after the American Revolution. |
| Baron von Steuben | Trainer of the forces at Valley Forge, Prussian drillmaster |
| Marquis de Lafayette | A French nobleman who joined in the Revolutionary War on America's side. He fought under Washington at Valley Forge. |
| Lord Cornwallis | The commander of the British southern army in Yorktown. His forces were under siege by George Washington's troops on the land side and cut off from retreat or resupply by the French navy on the seaward side. Facing annihilation he surrendered his army at Yorktown, which brought a close to the war. |
| General Rochambeau/Admiral de Grasse | French general and admiral who fought in Yorktown (1781) |
| John Jay | A member of the First Continental Congress in 1774 and helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris. |
