People of the American Revolution

Virginia leader that said, “Give me liberty, or give me death!”; opposed taxes of Parliament; reason for Bill of Rights in Constitution

• George Washington

• Patrick Henry

• Benjamin Franklin

• Fredrich von Steuben

Believed colonists should unite and fight as one country; helped to write Declaration of Independence

• Benjamin Franklin

• George Washington

• King George III

• Samuel Adams

Disagreed with the taxes, and wrote in favor of a Bill of Rights.

• Abigail Adams

• John Hancock

• Mercy Otis Warren

• Thomas Jefferson

Express rider, painted a scene from the Boston Massacre.

• Paul Revere

• Benedict Arnold

• George Washington

• Fredrich von Steuben

Member of the Sons of Liberty and helped to lead the Boston Tea Party.

• Samuel Adams

• John Hancock

• Crispus Attucks

• Charles Cornwallis

Sailor; one of the five men killed in the Boston Massacre.

• Benedict Arnold

• Thomas Gage

• Thomas Paine

• Crispus Attucks

Fought for the Continental Army, but was a traitor and spy for the British.

• Thomas Paine

• Benedict Arnold

• Sons of Liberty

• Continental Army

British general who became the Massachusetts governor before the Revolution.

• King George III

• Mercy Otis Warren

• Thomas Gage

• Patrick Henry

Formed by Washington after the start of the Revolution.

• Sons of Liberty

• Continental Army

• Paul Revere

• Benedict Arnold

Wrote the book called Common Sense; encouraged colonists to declare independence and said King George III was the problem.

• Thomas Paine

• Abigail Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• Fredrich von Steuben