| A | B |
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| George Washington | Commander of the Continential Army |
| Thomas Paine | author of Common Sense |
| Thomas Jefferson | Main author of the Declaration of Independence |
| Marquia de Lafayette | Naval Frenchman who volunteered to serve in the Continental Army without pay. |
| Baron Friedrich von Steuben | Prussian military officer who taught the Partiots basic military drills. |
| Bernardo de Galvez | Spanish governor of Louisiana who became a key ally to the Patriots. |
| John Paul Jones | American naval officer most famous for his defeat of the British warship 'Serapis.' |
| George Rogers Clark | Soldier and frontier leader who created an army from scattered settlements on the Western frontier. |
| Francis Marion | Nicknamed "Swamp Fox" and commanded a group of guerrilla soldiers in South Carolina. |
| Comte de Rochambeau | Commanded French soldiers and was with Washington at the Battle of Yorktown. |
| Sons of Liberty | A group of Patriots who protested British laws. |
| John Parker | "Don't fire unless fired upon." |
| Mary Ludwig Hays | Called Molly Pitcher because she brought water to the troops. |
| Deborah Sampson | Dressed as a man and fought in several battles. |
| Nathan Hale | Patriot spy who was executed by the British. Famous last words were "I regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." |
