| A | B |
|---|
| John Paul Jones | led Americans to victory in a sea battle with the British warship Serapis |
| Benedict Arnold | traitor who attempted to turn West Point to the British |
| Charles Cornwallis | British officer who surrendered at Yorktown |
| Francis Marion | led guerrilla raids against British in the South |
| Nathaniel Greene | leader of the American army in the South |
| Friedrich von Steuben | assisted with training and disciplining the Americans at Valley Forge |
| Richard Henry Lee | introduced the resolution declaring independence |
| Nathan Hale | caught behind British lines spying for the Americans and executed |
| Thomas Paine | wrote Common Sense and The Crisis |
| Thomas Jefferson | actually composed the Declaration |
| Ben Franklin | Pennsylvanian who was sent to Paris to negotiate the peace treaty |
| Marquis de Lafayette | offered money and troops to support the American cause, "like a son" to George Washington |
