played a role in many of the events which contributed to the Revolution including organized opposition to the Stamp Act, protests waged by the Sons of Liberty, and the Boston Massacre

wife of a Massachusetts Patriot; anonymously wrote several propaganda pieces supporting the Patriot cause; wrote the first history of the American Revolutionary War based on notes she had taken

a member of the committee which wrote the Declaration of Independence, but spent most of the period of the American Revolution in France. He negotiated the alliance with France and then the Treaty of Paris which ended the war.

feared that the loss of one group of colonies would lead to the loss of others and the eventual decline of the empire. To prevent this, the Crown maintained an aggressive policy against colonial resistance. George III struggled to enforce royal authority throughout his reign.

a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses; spoke against the Stamp Act; famous quote “Give me liberty or give me death;” during the Revolution he served in the Continental Army

early and effective leader in the American Revolution. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia and in 1776 he was the chief writer of the Declaration of Independence.

a French aristocrat who played a leading role in two revolutions in France and in the American Revolution. Between 1776 and 1779 he fought in the American Revolution, commanding forces as a major-general in the colonial army; important because France joined the Colonists against the British.

propagandist and journalist; wrote pamphlet “Common Sense” persuading Americans to join the Patriot cause

a resident of Virginia, he was a surveyor, a planter, a soldier in the French and Indian War, a delegate to the First and Second Continental Congresses, commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution, and the chairman of the Constitutional Convention in 1787