A | B |
King George III | King of England |
George Washington | Commander of the Continental Army |
Crispus Attucks | One of five killed at the Boston Massacre |
Benjamin Franklin | Diplomat, helped convince France to become America's ally |
John Adams | Defended British soldiers after Boston Massacre, will later be 2nd president of the United States. |
Abigail Adams | Wife of John Adams. Famous quote "Remember the ladies" |
Samuel Adams | Leader of the Sons of Liberty |
Mercy Otis Warren | Playwright, who often wrote against the British |
James Armistead | African American spy during the American Revolution |
Wentworth Cheswell | Rode alongside Paul Revere to warn the colonists that the "British are coming" |
John Paul Jones | "Father of the Navy," defeated British navy ship |
Thomas Paine | Wrote Common Sense to encourage support for independence |
Thomas Jefferson | Wrote the Declaration of Independence |
Patrick Henry | "Give me liberty or give me death" |
Haym Solomon | Helped Americans finance the war |
Marquis de Lafayette | Frence General who helped Americans defeat the British at the Battle of Yorktown |
Bernardo de Galvez | Spanish governor who helped Americans |