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
• Haym Salomon

My writings helped convince many people to support the Patriots

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

I was a slave, but George Washington trusted me to spy on the British at Yorktown

• Bernardo de Galvez
• 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 was the 1st patriot killed at the Boston Massacre in 1770

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

I was one of the first to support independence I famously stated “Give me liberty or give me death”

• Thomas Jefferson
• George Washington
• Samuel Adams
• Patrick Henry

I was the author of the Declaration of Independence

• Thomas Jefferson
• Thomas Paine
• George Washington
• Benjamin Franklin

My pamphlet, Common Sense, encouraged the colonies to break with England and become independent

• John Adams
• Thomas Jefferson
• Thomas Paine
• King George III

I fought in the French and Indian War, which is why the Continental Congress chose me to Command the Continental Army

• George Washington
• King George III
• John Paul Jones
• Lord Cornwallis