USI. 6 Revolutionary People

  African – American killed during the Boston Massacre

• John Adams
• Crispus Attucks
• Samuel Adams
• George Washington

Prominent member of the Continental Congress; helped frame the Declaration of Independence; gained French support

• George Washington
• Thomas Jefferson
• Benjamin Franklin
• Crispus Attucks

Gave the “Give me Liberty or Give me Death” speech that inspired colonists to support Massachusetts

• Patrick Henry
• Thomas Jefferson
• Phillis Wheatley
• Paul Revere

Wrote poems and plays supporting independence;  she was a slave

• Phillis Wheatley
• Sarah Ludington
• Clara Barton
• Betsy Ross

  Colonists who remained loyal to the king

• Patriots
• Kingdom Supporters
• Loyalists
• Terrorists

British king during the Revolutionary War

• King James
• King George III
• King Henry
• King George I

Championed the cause for independence;  nominated Washington to be the commander of the Continental Army and Jefferson to write the Declaration of Independence

• John Jay
• Thomas Jefferson
• Samuel Adams
• John Adams

A leader of the Sons of Liberty;  led the Boston Tea Party

• Samuel Adams 
• John Adams
• George Washington
• Thomas Jefferson

Colonists who wanted their independence from Great Britain

• Loyalists
• Patriots
• Soldiers
• Terrorists

  A leader of the Sons of Liberty;  led the Boston Tea Party; made a daring ride warning that the British were coming

• Samuel Adams
• John Adams
• Paul Revere
• Thomas Jefferson