Important People of the American Revolution

Was a printer, writer, inventor, scientist, and publisher

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

• Benedict Arnold

• Thomas Paine

Rode on the Midnight Ride to warn Patriots

• George Washington

• Paul Revere

• Benjamin Franklin

• Samuel Adams

First signer of the Declaration of Independence

• Thomas Paine

• King George III

• John Hancock

• Thomas Jefferson

Leader of the Sons of Liberty in Boston

• John Hancock

• Paul Revere

• George Washington

• Samuel Adams

Wrote a pamphlet called Common Sense

• Paul Revere

• Thomas Paine

• Thomas Jefferson

• Patrick Henry

King of England during the Revolutionary War

• Patrick Henry

• George Washington

• King George III

• Benedict Arnold

Leader of the Continental Army

• George Washington

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

Wrote the Declaration of Independence

• John Hancock

• Thomas Jefferson

• Thomas Paine

• Patrick Henry

Wrote an angry speech against the Stamp Act

• Thomas Paine

• Paul Revere

• Benjamin Franklin

• Patrick Henry

Second President of the United States

• Samuel Adams

• John Adams

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson