People of the American Revolution

The British king during the Revolutionary era:

• King Henry

• King George III

• King James

• King George I

Disguised herself as a man named Robert Shurtliff to enlist in the Continental Army:

• Phillis Wheatley

• Abigail Adams

• Deborah Sampson

• Molly Pitcher

British General who surrendered to Washington at Yorktown:

• Lord Cornwallis

• George Washington

• Paul Revere

• Marquis de Lafayette

Scottish-American Navy captain who was one of the United States' first naval commanders:

• Sam Adams

• Benjamin Franklin

• Paul Revere

• John Paul Jones

Promoted the cause of independence;

helped set up the Colonial  governments;

First Vice President of the US; Later became the 2nd President:

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• James Madison

Leader of the Boston Tea Party;

Made a famous engraving of the Boston Massacre;

Patriot who made a daring ride to warn colonists of British arrival in Lexington and Concord in 1775:

• Sam Adams

• Benjamin Franklin

• Paul Revere

• John Adams

Commander of the Continental Army;

Served as America’s first President:

• King George III

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Paul Jones

Kidnapped from West Africa at age 7 and enslaved in Boston;

wrote poems and plays supporting American independence;

eventually gained her freedom:

• Deborah Sampson

• Phillis Wheatley

• Abigail Adams

• Ona Judge

Main author of the Declaration of Independence:

• Benjamin Franklin

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• Paul Revere

French nobleman who served in the Continental Army;

Worked with French king to send troops, ships, and funds to help colonists;

Contributed to victory at Yorktown:

• Marquis de Lafayette

• John Paul Jones

• King George III

• Napolean