People of the Revolution

-Colonial leader

-Defended the Red Coats of the Boston Massacre

-2nd President of the United States

• JOHN ADAMS

• GEORGE WASHINGTON

• SAMUEL ADAMS

• PATRICK HENRY

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 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

I fought in the French and Indian War, which is why the Continental Congress chose me to Command the Continental Army

• George Washington

• King George III

• John Paul Jones

• Lord Cornwallis

I was an early supporter of women's rights. In letters to my husband, who was creating the government, I reminded him that women were not bound to follow any laws in which they have no voice

• Mercy Otis Warren

• Abigail Adams

• Martha Washington

• Susan B Anthony