People of the American Revolution

I owned and edited my own newspaper. I also traveled to France to help gain French support for American Independence.

• John Adams

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Locke

I was the major author of the Declaration of Independence. I was also the founder of the University of Virginia

• Thomas Jefferson

• Phillis Wheatley

• Benjamin Franklin

• George Washington

I was America's first African American poet. I supported the cause of colonial independence.

• John Adams

• Lord Cornwallis

• Phillis Wheatley

• Benjamin Franklin

I was the British king during the American Revolution. I ignored all of the colonists' petitions, letters and boycotts.

• Queen Elizabeth

• King George III

• Benjamin Franklin

• John Locke

I am a lawyer and patriot from Massachusetts Bay Colony. I was a delegate to the First and Second Continental Congress

• George Washington

• King George III

• Patrick Henry

• John Adams

I was a lawyer and public speaker from Virginia. I made the famous "Give Me Liberty or Give me Death! speech.

• John Locke

• John Adams

• Patrick Henry

• Thomas Jefferson

I was born in Virginia. I was a planter, surveyor and military officer. I was elected Commander of the Continental Army.

• George Washington

• John Locke

• Alexander Hamilton

• Thomas Jefferson

I was a silversmith and patriot from Massachusetts Bay Colony. I made the famous midnight ride to warn the colonists that the British were coming.

• John Adams

• Benjamin Franklin

• Paul Revere

• John Adams

As a general in the British Army, I was the commander that lost the Battle of Yorktown to the patriots in 1781

• John Locke

• John Adams

• Paul Revere

• General Lord Cornwallis