| A | B |
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| Thomas Jefferson | Leader of the Democratic Republicans. Opposed the National Bank. Favored weak national government. 3rd president of the US. Bought Louisiana from France. Supported States rights. Wrote the Declaration of Independence |
| Patrick Henry | He said, "Give me Liberty or Give Me Death" |
| Benjamin Franklin | Prominent member of the Continental Congress. Minister to France. Helped frame the Declaration of Independence |
| Thomas Paine | Journalist and author of Common Sense |
| King George III | British king during the Revolution |
| Lord Cornwallis | British General that surrendered at Yorktown |
| John Adams | Championed the cause for independence. A tow-party system emerged during his administration. |
| George Washington | Commander of the Continental Army. First president |
| Phyllis Wheatley | Former slave who wrote poetry and plays supporting independence |
| Paul Revere | Patriot who made a daring ride to warn colonists that the British were coming |
| Marquis de Lafayette | French nobleman that volunteered to serve in the Continental army during the Revolution |
| Baron Von Stueben | German nobleman that volunteered to train Washington's men to fight |
