People

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

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

• Samuel Adams

• John Adams

• George Washington

• Patrick Henry

I wrote a famous play making fun of the British soldiers in the colonies. 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 of 1783.

• John Adams

• Benjamin Franklin

• George Washington

• Mercy Otis Warren

I was the Spanish Governor of Louisiana, but helped the Americans by sending food and supplies.

• Bernardo de Galvez

• Marquis de Lafayette

• Mercy Otis Warren

• Wentworth Cheswell

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

• Samuel Adams

• John Adams

• Patrick Henry

• Crispus Attucks

I spent a lot of money to protect the colonies in the French and Indian War. Now the colonists must pay higher taxes.

• Haym Salomon

• John Hancock

• King George III

• Lord Cornwallis

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 and an embassador to France.

• Thomas Jefferson

• Thomas Paine

• George Washington

• Benjamin Franklin