People of the American Revolution

I am a colonist who wished to break away from England.

• Loyalist

• Patriot

• Neutralist

• Colonizer

I believed in your struggle for independence, which is why I came from France to help you

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• Marquis de Lafayette

• Benjamin Franklin

I presided over the 2nd Continental Congress and was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence.

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• John Hancock

• Benjamin Franklin

I was general of the Continental Congress. I will later be the 1st president of the U.S.

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• John Adams

• James Madison

I was an African American patriot of the American Revolution. I was also a midnight rider who "went" to warn colonists.

• Wentworth Cheswell

• Paul Revere

• Samuel Adams

• Harriet Tubman

I was an American spy who was captured by the British. Before I "inhaled" my last breath, I said, "I only regret that I have only one life to give for my country". Who am I?

• Nathan Hale

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• Benedict Arnold

I was a strong supporter for independence. As an attorney, I helped defend the redcoats involved in the Boston Massacre.

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

• Benjamin Franklin

• George Washington

I was an inventor, writer, printer, diplomat, scientist, and statesman who helped in forming an American alliance with France. I helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris.

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• Benjamin Franklin

• John Adams

I was an American sailor/captain who won a battle at sea against the British. Known as the “Father of the U.S. Navy”. Quote: "I have not yet begun to fight."

• John Paul Jones

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• Benjamin Franklin

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

• James Armistead

• Frederick Douglass

• Harriet Tubman

• Sojourner Truth