American Revolution People

James Armistead

African American who served as a spy for the Patriots during the American Revolution.

Haym Salomon

American financier and Revolutionary patriot who helped fund the army during the American Revolution

Benjamin Franklin

American inventor and statesman who served as a delegate to both Continental Congresses, worked on the Declaration of Independence and helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris 1783.

George Washington

Commander of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.

Samuel Adams

Founder of the Sons of Liberty and one of the most vocal patriots for independence; signed the Declaration of Independence

Marquis de Lafayette

French soldier who joined General Washington's staff and became a general in the Continental Army.

Bernardo de Galvez

Governor of Spanish Louisiana, favored the Patriots, secretly supplied goods to Americans-southwestern frontier.

Thomas Jefferson

He was a delegate from Virginia at the Second Continental Congress and wrote the Declaration of Independence.

King George III

King of England during the American Revolution

John Adams

Lawyer who defended British soldiers in the Boston Massacre trial even though he supported colonial independence. Was a delegate to both Continental Congresses and was on the committee to write the Declaration of Independence.

Patrick Henry

Outspoken member of House of Burgesses; inspired colonial patriotism with "Give me liberty or give me death" speech

Mercy Otis Warren

Patriot writer who wrote articles and plays in support of American independence.

Thomas Paine

Revolutionary leader who wrote the pamphlet Common Sense (1776) arguing for American independence from Britain.

Wentworth Cheswell

Soldier in the American Revolution who became the first African American elected to office.

Crispus Attucks

The African-Native American man who was the first man to die in the Boston Massacre, also considered the first death in the Revolutionary War

Abigail Adams

Wife of John Adams. During the Revolutionary War, she wrote letters to her husband urging her husband to remember America's women in the new government he was helping to create.