Key People of American Revolution

He warned the colonists that the "regulars were coming"

• Paul Revere

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• Patrick Henry

He wrote the Declaration of Independence in 1776

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• Ethan Allen

• Samuel Adams

He led the Continental Army to fight the British

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

• Paul Revere

She helped the colonists fight during the Revolution

• Molly Pitcher

• Ethan Allen

• John Henry

• Martha Washington

Leader of the Green Mountain Boys during the Revolution who was captured by the British

• Ethan Allen

• Patrick Henry

• John Adams

• Benedict Arnold

Said the famous words, "Give me liberty, or give me death!"

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• Patrick Henry

• Ethan Allen

Appointed as the military commander of Boston

• Nathanael Greene

• Patrick Henry

• George Washington

• Benedict Arnold

Organized the Boston Tea Party

• John Adams

• Samuel Adams

• Paul Revere

• Patrick Henry

Favored separation from England and helped write the Declaration of Independence

• Samuel Adams

• John Adams

• Patrick Henry

• Paul Revere

Committed treason against the colonists and joined with the British during the Revolution

• George Washington

• Benedict Arnold

• Patrick Henry

• Ethan Allen