Important People of the American Revolution

Patrick Henry

• Wrote a speech supporting war and said, “Give me liberty or give me death.”
• 2nd President of the United States. Signed the Declaration of Independence.
• Chosen to lead the Continental Army because of his understanding of the soldiers. 1stPresident.
• Known as the most famous traitor in American history. He was a member of The Sons of Liberty. He was paid to provide information to the British. He fled America as a traitor after the Revolutionary War.

John Adams

• Chosen to lead the Continental Army because of his understanding of the soldiers. 1stPresident.
• Military with special training. They had to be ready for battle at a minute’s notice.
• Known as the most famous traitor in American history. He was a member of The Sons of Liberty. He was paid to provide information to the British. He fled America as a traitor after the Revolutionary War.
• 2ndPresident of the United States. Signed the Declaration of Independence.

George Washington

• Chosen to lead the Continental Army because of his understanding of the soldiers. 1stPresident.
• King of England during the Revolutionary War. Taxed the colonists to pay for French and Indian War.
• Person who had been trying to get France to help during the war.
• 2nd President of the United States. Signed the Declaration of Independence.

King George III

• Person who helped set up the Committee of Correspondence and form the Sons of Liberty.
• Writer of the Declaration of Independence. Founding Father, 3rdPresident of America.
• King of England during the Revolutionary War. Taxed the colonists to pay for French and Indian War.
• An African American soldier killed during the Boston Massacre.

Thomas Jefferson

• An African American soldier killed during the Boston Massacre.
• Writer of the Declaration of Independence. Founding Father, 3rdPresident of America.
• Person who had been trying to get France to help during the war.
• Person who helped set up the Committee of Correspondence and form the Sons of Liberty.

Samuel Adams

• 2nd President of the United States. Signed the Declaration of Independence.
• An African American soldier killed during the Boston Massacre.
• Person who helped set up the Committee of Correspondence and form the Sons of Liberty.
• Person who had been trying to get France to help during the war.

Crispus Attucks

• An African American soldier killed during the Boston Massacre.
• Military with special training. They had to be ready for battle at a minute’s notice.
• Known as the most famous traitor in American history. He was a member of The Sons of Liberty. He was paid to provide information to the British. He fled America as a traitor after the Revolutionary War.
• Person who had been trying to get France to help during the war.

Benjamin Franklin

• An African American soldier killed during the Boston Massacre.
• Known as the most famous traitor in American history. He was a member of The Sons of Liberty. He was paid to provide information to the British. He fled America as a traitor after the Revolutionary War.
• Person who helped set up the Committee of Correspondence and form the Sons of Liberty.
• Person who had been trying to get France to help during the war.

Paul Revere

• Patriot in the American Revolution. Rode to warn colonists that the British were coming.
• Military with special training. They had to be ready for battle at a minute’s notice.
• Chosen to lead the Continental Army because of his understanding of the soldiers. 1stPresident.
• An African American soldier killed during the Boston Massacre.