PEOPLE FROM THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

I was an African American patriot of the American Revolution

• Samuel Adams
• Wentworth Cheswell
• Marquis de Lafayette
• Haym Salomon

As the leader of the “Sons of Liberty” I helped organize the Boston Tea Party

• Samuel Adams
• John Adams
• George Washington
• Patrick Henry

My writings helped convince many people to support the Patriots

• Wentworth Cheswell
• King George III
• Crispus Attucks
• Mercy Otis Warren

I was a slave, but George Washington trusted me to spy on the British at Yorktown

• Bernardo de Galvez
• Marquis de Lafayette
• James Armistead
• John Paul Jones

I was an inventor, writer, printer, diplomat, scientist, humorist, and statesman who helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris

• John Adams
• Benjamin Franklin
• George Washington
• Mercy Otis Warren

I was the 1st patriot killed at the Boston Massacre in 1770

• Samuel Adams
• John Adams
• Patrick Henry
• Crispus Attucks

I spent a lot of money to protect the Colonies in the French and Indian War. Now the Colonist must pay higher taxes

• Haym Salomon
• John Hancock
• King George III
• Lord Cornwallis

I was one of the first to support independence I famously stated “Give me liberty or give me death”

• Thomas Jefferson
• George Washington
• Samuel Adams
• Patrick Henry

I was the author of the Declaration of Independence

• Thomas Jefferson
• Thomas Paine
• George Washington
• Benjamin Franklin

My pamphlet, Common Sense, encouraged the colonies to break with England and become independent

• John Adams
• Thomas Jefferson
• Thomas Paine
• King George III