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| John Adams | Championed the cause of independence |
| Benjamin Franklin | Prominent member of the Continental Congress; Helped frame the Declaration of Independence |
| Samuel Adams | Member of the Sons of Liberty; Wrote news articles for Boston newspapers attacking the Stamp Act |
| Phyllis Wheatley | Former Slave; Wrote poems and plays supporting American independence |
| John Locke | Claimed that people have natural rights to life, liberty, and property; Claimed that government is created to protect the rights of people |
| Thomas Jefferson | Major author of the Declaration of Independence |
| Paul Revere | Patriot that made a daring ride to warn colonists of British arrival |
| George Washington | Commander of the Continental Army |
| Patrick Henry | Outspoken member of House of Burgesses; Famous Speech "Give me liberty, or give me death!" |
| Lord Cornwalis | British general that surrendered at Yorktown |
| Thomas Paine | Journalist; author of Common Sense |
