People of the American Revolution

I served as a delegate to both Continental Congresses and was on the committee to write the Declaration of Independence

• Thomas Paine

• James Armistead

• John Adams

• George Washington

I was an African American patriot of the American Revolution

• Samuel Adams

• Wentworth Cheswell

• Marquis de Lafayette

• Thomas Paine

The rights listed above were-

• established by a series of Supreme Court decisions

• defined by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence

• established by the ratification of the U.S. Constitution

• defined by President George Washington in his Farewell Address

As the leader of the “Sons of Liberty” I helped organize the Boston Tea Party

• Samuel Adams
• John Adams
• George Washington
• Patrick Henry

My writings helped convince many people to support the Patriots

• Wentworth Cheswell
• King George III
• Crispus Attucks
• Mercy Otis Warren

I pretended to be a runaway slave, to spy on the British at Yorktown, for George Washington's army

• Wentworth Cheswell

• Marquis de Lafayette
• James Armistead
• John Paul Jones

I was an inventor, writer, printer, diplomat, scientist, humorist, and statesman who helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris

• John Adams
• Benjamin Franklin
• George Washington
• Mercy Otis Warren

I asked my husband to "Remember the ladies" when he was working to form a new government

• Abigail Adams

• Marquis de Lafayette
• Mercy Otis Warren
• Wentworth Cheswell

The Continental Congress issued this commission to-

• Benedict Arnold

• Alexander Hamilton

• John Hancock

• George Washington

I was the 1st patriot killed at the Boston Massacre in 1770

• Samuel Adams
• John Adams
• Patrick Henry
• Crispus Attucks