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| King George III | King of England during Revolutionary War |
| Paul Revere | One of the Sons of Liberty who rode from Lexington to Concord and warned colonists of the coming British |
| William Dawes | One of the Sons of Liberty who rode from Lexington to Concord and warned colonists of the coming British |
| Dr. Prescott | One of the Sons of Liberty who rode from Lexington to Concord and warned colonists of the coming British |
| Sons of Liberty who rode from Lexington to Concord and warned colonists of the coming British | Paul Revere, William Dawes and Dr. Prescott |
| Benjamin Franklin | Persuaded the French to help us, signed declaration of independence and signed the Treaty of Paris (1783) |
| Thomas Jefferson | Wrote the Declaration of Independence, came from Virginia, sitting member of the House of Burgesses |
| George Washington | General of the American Army during the Revolutionary War, was also the first President of the United States |
| Benedict Arnold | Colonial General in the Continental army, who later became a traitor in the American Revolution |
| Deborah Simpson | Joined the army at 20 years, disguised as Robert Shurtleff, fought in American army until she was hurt, sent to hospital where the doctor found out she was a woman |
| Mary Ludwig Hays or 'Molly Pitcher' | carried pitchers of water to soldiers on hot summer days during the Revolutionary War |
| Betsy Ross | made the first flag of the United States with stars and stripes by the request of George Washington |
| General Howe | Commander of the British forces in the American Colonies from 1775-1778. Was in Philadelphia while Washington and his troops were in Valley Forge |
| John Paul Jones | American sea captain who commanded the Bonhomme Richard and defeated the British ship, Serapis, in 1779 |
| George Rogers Clark | Revolutionary war general and frontier leader who defeated the British at Fort Vincennes in 1779 |
| General Charles Cornwallis | British general who surrendered at Yorktown, the last major battle of the American Revolution |
| General Francis Marion | Revolutionary war commander who fought the British in the Carolinas; known as 'Swamp Fox' |
| General Nathaniel Greene | Patriot general during the American Revolution who forced the British out of Georgia and the Carolinas |
| John Jay, John Adams and Benjamin Franklin | Signed the Treaty of Paris in 1783; the 3 representatives for the Americans in Paris, France |
| Marquis de Lafayette | French general who joined the Continental Army during the American Revolution |
| Thaddeus Kosciusko | Patriot from Poland who served ib the Continental Army from 1776-1784 |
| Baron von Steuben | Patriot officer from germany who helped train the Continental Army at valley Forge during the American Revolution |
| Thomas Paine | American Patriot and English man who wrote 'Common Sense in 1776 |
| Patrick Henry | Virginia Burgess who encouraged the colonists to fight for their independence from England. His famous saying "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!" |
| Horation Gates | American general who made going for the British harder |
| Israel Putnam | Patriot general at the battle of Bunker Hill. "Don't shoot until you se the white of their eyes", was said by him |
| Pater Salem | Patriot and former slave whose shot killed British Colonel Pitcairn at the Battle of Bunker Hill |
| Ethan Allen | Leader of 'Green Mountain Boys' the Vermont militia men captured Fort Ticonderoga in New York |
| Abigail Adams | First lady to President John Adams - wrote many letters about the role of women in the New Country |
