Important People

African American double spy who provided information about British movement, as well as, information leading to British defeat at Yorktown.

• Crispus Attucks
• James Armistead
• Marquis de Lafayette
• Bernardo de Galvez

Wife of John Adams; known for her letters to her husband that served as primary accounts of Revolutionary life

• Abigail Adams
• Mercy Otis Warren
• Martha Washington
• Marquis de Lafayette

Author of the "Albany Plan of Union"; helped write the "Declaration of Independence"; convinced France to become our ally in the Revolution; negotiated the "Treaty of Paris". 

• John Paul Jones
• Thomas Jefferson
• George Washington
• Benjamin Franklin

King of England during the American Revolution

• King George III
• Prince Harry
• Bernardo de Galvez
• George Washington

President of the 2nd Continental Congress, first to sign the "Declaration of Independence"

• Patrick Henry
• Samuel Adams
• John Hancock
• Thomas Jefferson

Fierce supporter of the patriot cause; best known for "Give me Liberty or give me death" speech.

• Wentworth Cheswell
• Patrick Henry
• Haym Salomon
• Crispus Attucks

African American that made the midnight ride with Paul Revere

• James Armistead
• Crispus Attucks
• Wentworth Cheswell
• John Paul Jones

Famous US Navy commander; won important naval victories like the Bonhomme Richards victory over the Serapis

• George Washington 
• Patrick Henry
• Bernardo de Galvez
• John Paul Jones

Female Author whose writing supported the patriot cause. Wrote a history of the revolution.

• Mercy Otis Warren
• Martha Washington
• Abigail Adams
• Molly Pitcher

African American who was the first to be killed at the Boston Massacre. 

• James Armistead
• Samuel Adams
• Crispus Attucks
• Franklin Douglas