| A | B |
| George Washington | 1st president, commander of Continental Army |
| Paul Revere | Rode to warn the people in Lexington about the British; Member of Sons of Liberty |
| Ben Franklin | True Founding Father, inventor, Member of Continental Congress, Negotiated Treat of Paris in 1783 |
| Marquis de Lafayette | French general who supported George Washington |
| John Adams | 2nd president, signed Declaration of Independence, Member of Sons of Liberty, Member of Continental Congress |
| Martha Washington | First 1st Lady of the U.S. |
| Sam Adams | One of the First Patriots, Member Continental Congress, Leader of the Sons of Liberty, signer of Declaration |
| John Hancock | First to sign the Declaration of Independence, Sons of Liberty, Continental Congress |
| Nathaniel Greene | George Washington's best general, Helped at Valley Forge, Led Continental Army in South |
| Alexander Hamilton | Father of modern banking, died in a duel, Excellent officer for George Washington |
| Thomas Jefferson | 3rd president, Author of Declaration of Independence, Member of Continental Congress, Governor of Virginia |
| Henry Knox | Artillery general, Moved Cannons from Ticonderoga to Boston to win Battle of Dorchester Heights |
| George Rogers Clark | General of the West, Won Vincennes |
| Nathan Hale | First spy who gave his life for his country, Said "I regret I have but one life to give for my country". |
| Thomas Paine | Author of "Common Sense", |
| Francis Marion | Swamp Fox, used guerrilla warfare |
| Patrick Henry | Famous speech maker, Member of Continental Congress, "No taxation without representation." |
| John Jay | First Supreme Court Justice, Helped negotiate Treaty of Paris |
| John Paul Jones | Father of U.S. navy, Defeated British and stated "I have not yet begun to fight" |
| James Madison | 4th president, Father of the Constitution, Member Continental Congress |
| James Monroe | 5th president, took part in the war |
| Ethan Allen | Leader of the Green Mountain Boys. from Vermont |
| Benedict Arnold | Originally great US General, Traitor during the Revolutionary War |
| Deborah Sampson | impersonated a man to fight in the war |
| Baron Von Steuben | Trained troops at Valley Forge |