American Revolution People to Know

Journalist and Politician in Boston. Organized protests against the Sugar Act. Was part of the Sons of Liberty

• John Adams

• Samuel Adams

• Abigail Adams

• George Washington

Defended the soldiers during the Boston Massacre. Samuel Adams’ cousin. 2nd US President

• Abigail Adams

• Samuel Adams

• John Adams

• George Adams

John Adams’ wife. Supporter of women’s rights movement.

• Abigail Adams

• Sarah Adams

• Serena Adams

• Ariana Adams

African American spy who posed as a runaway slave

• George Washington

• Patrick Henry

• Crispus Attucks

• James Armistead

First colonist killed during the Boston Massacre

• Winston Churchill

• James Armistead

• Wentworth Cheswell

• Crispus Attucks

1st African American elected to office in America

• Wentworth Cheswell

• James Armistead

• Crispus Attucks

• Abigail Adams

Said “Give me Liberty or give me Death”

• Ben Franklin

• Patrick Henry

• Abraham Lincoln

• John F Kennedy

Wrote most of the Declaration of Independence.

3rd US President

• Abigail Adams

• Ben Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

Foreign volunteer from France. Helped train Colonial troops. City in Louisiana named after him.

• Ben Franklin

• Marquis De Lafayette

• Thomas Paine

• Patrick Henry

Wrote “Common Sense”

• Thomas Paine

• Ben Franklin

• Abigail Adams

• Mary Otis Warren