People of the American Revolution

Encouraged members of the Continental Congress to “…remember the ladies…” as they began the work of crafting a new American government.

• Abigail Adams

• Sojourner Truth

• Mercy Otis Warrn

• Molly Pitcher

First African American elected to public office in America. Fought in the Battle of Saratoga during the Revolutionary War. Rode with Paul Revere to Portsmouth, New Hampshire to warn the town that the British were coming.

• Crispus Attucks

• James Armistead

• Wentworth Cheswell

• Samuel Adams

An American patriot and writer who authored plays, poems and essays supporting the idea of independence. Writings convinced many in Massachusetts to become Patriots.

• Wentworth Chesswell

• Mercy Otis Warren

• Crispus Attucks

• James Armistead

An escaped African American slave who spied on British troop movements and reported it to the Americans.

• James Armistead

• Samuel Adams

• Crispus Attucks

• Wentworth Chesswell

Commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• Crispus Attucks

Author of Common Sense and American Crisis.

• George Washington

• Thomas Paine

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

Author of the Declaration of Independence

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• John Adams

• Thomas Paine

King of Britain during the American Revolution

• George Washington

• Thomas Paine

• Benjamin Franklin

• King George III

America’s 1^stnaval hero. Known for saying “I’ve not yet begun to fight!”

• Haym Salomon

• James Armistead

• John Paul Jones

• Crispus Attucks

Leader of the French Army and helped train the Continental Army at Valley Forge. Helped defeat British General Cornwallis at the Battle of Yorktown.

• Marquis de Lafayette

• Bernardo de Galvez

• John Adams

• Crispus Armistead