Harcourt Unit 4 S.S. Preview of People

George Washington ...

• Led the Americans to victory in the American Revolution.

• Served as the 2nd President of the United States

• Spoke out against British rule and Taxes

• Often called the first person in the struggle for American freedom.

Thomas Jefferson was the

• chief writer of the Declaration of Independence

• 2nd President

• 3rd President

• an author who wrote the history of the American Revolution.

Crispus Attucks was

• Killed by British soldiers at the Boston Massacre

• often called the first person to be killed in the struggle for American freedom.

• fired cannons during the battle of Monmouth

• a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses

Mercy Otis Warren

• was a Massachusetts patriot who wrote plays to protest British Rule

• wrote a history of American Revolution

• earned the nickname Molly Pitcher by carrying water to troops during battles

• fired cannons during the battle after her husband was wounded.

Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley

• was a Massachusetts patriot who wrote plays to protest British Rule

• wrote a history of American Revolution

• earned the nickname Molly Pitcher by carrying water to troops during battles

• fired cannons during the battle after her husband was wounded.

Patrick Henry

• was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses

• Spoke out against British rule and taxes

• was a Mohawk leader who later took the name Joseph Brant

• helped the British during the American Revolution

Thayendanegea

• was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses

• Spoke out against British rule and taxes

• was a Mohawk leader who later took the name Joseph Brant

• helped the British during the American Revolution

Bernardo de Galvez

• was killed by British soldiers at the Boston Massacre

• was the Governor of Spanish Louisiana

• helped the Americans during the Revolutionary War

• Helped the British during the Revolutionary War