Key Figures of the American Revolution

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Abigail Adams

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Wife of John Adams and known for her letters supporting women’s rights

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John Adams

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Founding Father, Served on the committee which wrote the Declaration of Independence

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Samuel Adams

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Leader of the Sons of Liberty, organized secret society in the 13 Colonies to advance the rights of the colonists & fight taxation

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Mercy Otis Warren

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Writer who authored anti-British plays, poems and essays

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Benjamin Franklin

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Served on the committee that wrote the Declaration of Independence

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Crispus Attucks

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1st African American to die (during the Boston Massacre)

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King George III

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King of England

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Patrick Henry

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Member of the House of Burgesses; Coined the phrase “Give me Liberty or Give me Death”

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Thomas Jefferson

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Primary author of the Declaration of Independence

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Thomas Paine

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Author of Common Sense