STAAR Review - History - People

Encouraged her husband to "remember the ladies" during the American Revolution / Second Continental Congress.

• Abigail Adams

• Mercy Otis Warren

• Susan B Anthony

• Harriet Tubman

Defended the British soldiers after the Boston Massacre. Helped write the Declaration of Independence. 2nd President of the U.S.

• John Adams

• Samuel Adams

• John Quincy Adams

• Abigail Adams

Rode through New Hampshire before the Battle of Lexington and Concord warning the colonists that the British army was coming. First African American to be elected to public office in New Hampshire.

• Wentworth Cheswell

• James Armistead

• Hiram Rhodes Revels

• Paul Revere

Leader of the Sons of Liberty. Helped organize the Boston Tea Party and Committees of Correspondence. Leader of the Anti-Federalists.

• John Adams

• Samuel Adams

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

Leader of the Daughters of Liberty. Wrote anti-British propaganda.

• Mercy Otis Warren

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Abigail Adams

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Double spy. His information helped defeat the British at Yorktown.

• James Armistead

• Benedict Arnold

• John Paul Jones

• Paul Revere

Helped write the Declaration of Independence. During the Revolution, convinced France to ally with the Americans.

• Benjamin Franklin

• George Washington

• Patrick Henry

• Samuel Adams

First to die in the Boston Massacre. Considered a martyr for American Independence.

• Crispus Attucks

• Patrick Henry

• Benedict Arnold

• James Armistead

Monarch (ruler) of England during the Revolution. Had his army fight against American independence.

• King John

• King Henry VIII

• King George III

• King Louis XIV

An outspoken patriot and member of the Sons of Liberty. He famously said “Give me liberty or give me death!”

Leader of the Anti-Federalists.

• Patrick Henry

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Hancock