Hardy 6c People of the Revolutionary War

British king

• George III

• Lord Cornwallis

• George Washington

British general who surrendered at Yorktown

• George III

• Marquis de Lafayette

• Lord Cornwallis

• Ben Franklin

did many things to help the colonists get independence

• King George

• John Adams

• Thomas Paine

• Phillis Wheatley

Commander of the Continental(American) army

• Thomas Jefferson

• Patrick Henry

• Lord Cornwallis

• George Washington

major author of the Declaration of Independence

• Paul Revere

• Thomas Jefferson

• Lord Cornwallis

• Patrick Henry

made a speech that inspired the colonists "Give me liberty or give me death!"

• Patrick Henry

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• Phyllis Wheatley

Wrote the pamphlet "Common Sense" that inspired the colonists

• Phyllis Wheatley

• Thomas Jefferson

• Thomas Paine

• Marquis de Lafayette

helped frame the Declaration of Independence and helped get France support

• Phillis Wheatley

• Paul Revere

• Ben Franklin

• Lord Cornwallis

French nobleman who got France to help us

• Marquis de Lafayette

• King George

• Lord Corwallis

• Paul Revere

made a daring ride on horseback warning the British

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• Paul Revere

• Patrick Henry