people of the revolution

Military Leader of the continental army?

• George Washington

• Paul Revere

• John Hancock

• John Paul Jones

Member of Boston Sons of Liberty.Participated in the Boston Tea Party.Famous for warning the colonists that "the RedCoats"prior to the start of the skirmishes at Lexington and Concord

• John Adams

• Samuel Adams

• Paul Revere

• Thomas Paine

An inventor,author,and an Enlightened Thinker.Assisted the colonists in gaining France as an ally during the American Revolution.

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washignton

• Haym Salomon

Author of the Declaration of Independence

• Thomas Jefferson

• Benjamin Franklin

• George Washington

• Paul Revere

Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses. Famous for saying,"Give me liberty,or give me death!" in a speech urging Virginia to join the war against Great Britain.

• Patrick Henry

• John Hancock

• John Adams

• George Washington

Navy sea captain of the colonial ship, Serapis during the American Revolution.Famous for saying,I have yet begun to fight!"

• John Paul Jones

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Hancock

British author who immigrated to the colonies prior to the start of the war.Wrote the pamphlet,common sense,which urged the colonists to go to war with Great Britain for their Independence

• Thomas Paine

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

Military leader of the British forces stationed in the 13 colonies.Defeated at the Battle of Yorktown

• General Charles Cornwallis

• George Washingnton

• King George3

• Thomas Jefferson

French general who support the American during the war for Independence.Helped trained colonial troops and persuaded France to aid the colonies

• Marquis de Lafaytte

• Samuel Adams

• Abigail Adams

• John Adams

Leader of the Boston Sons of Liberty-directly responsible for the BOSTON TEA PARTY

• Samuel Adams

• John Hancock

• John Adams

• Thomas Paine