People of the Revolution

British King during the American Revolution

• George III

• George Washington

• Patrick Henry

• Marquis de Lafayette

British General who surrendered at Yorktown.

• Lord Cornwallis

• Marquis de Lafayette

• Paul Revere

• James Armistead Lafayette

First person killed during the Boston Massacre

• Crispus Attucks

• Phillis Wheatley

• Benjamin Franklin

• John Adams

Defended the British soldiers following the Boston Massacre.

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• Lord Cornwallis

• Patrick Henry

Commander of the Continental Army

• George Washington

• Lord Cornwallis

• Thomas Paine

• George III

Major author of the Declaration of Independence.

• Thomas Jefferson

• Benjamin Franklin

• George Washington

• John Adams

Patriot that made a daring ride to warn the colonists that "the British are coming!"

• Paul Revere

• Crispus Attucks

• James Armistead Lafayette

• Patrick Henry

Outspoken member of the house of burgesses.

• Patrick Henry

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

"Give me liberty, or give me death"

• Famous quote from Patrick Henry

• Opening line to the Declaration of Independence

• Famous quote from George Washington

• Response to the Declaration of Independence from the King

Prominent member of the Continental Congress, helped frame the Declaration of Independence

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

• Phillis Wheatley

• Thomas Paine