Characters of the

Revolutionary War(These are people involved with Objective 5--- not necessarily the main players of the Revolution--)

Key American Leaders

General WashingtonGeneral of the

Continental Army

1st President of the United States

"I walk on untrodden ground. There is scarcely any part of my conduct which may not hereafter be drawn into precedent."

Brigadier General Ebenezer Learned

commander of Learned’s Continental Brigade from Massachusetts

Colonel Daniel Morgancommander of

Morgan’s Continental Rifle Corps

General Benedict Arnold

Continental Brigade commander and primary American Leader on the battlefield

John AdamsSigned the Treaty of

Paris 1793

2nd president of the U.S.

member of the 1st and 2nd Continental Congress,

Ambassador to the Netherlands

John Jaymember of the 1st and

2nd Continental Congress,

President of the Congress from December 1778-September 1779,

an ambassador to Spain

Major General Horatio Gates

Commander of Northern Continental Army

Benjamin FranklinAmbassador to France

George Rogers Clark led 127 volunteers to

keep Hamilton from taking over Vincennes

De GrasseFrench General

Landed troops in Virginia and trapped Cornwallis’ troops

Francis Marion- “The Swamp Fox”

Used Guerilla Warfare

Quick attacks and quick retreats on the British

Pushed the British out of South Carolina

Key British Leaders

Lord CornwallisBritish General who

surrendered to Washington in the Battle of Yorktown–

this “ends” the American Revolutionary War

Lieutenant General John Burgoyne

commander of British forces at Saratoga

Brigadier General James Hamilton

commander of British 2nd Brigade

Brigadier General Simon Fraser

commander of British advance corps at Saratoga

Major General Baron Friederich von Riedesel

commander of the German complement of the British forces at Saratoga

Major John D. Aclandcommander of

the British left wing of the Second battle of Saratoga

Major Balcarres

Commander of the British right wing of the Second Battle of Saratoga

David HartleyMember of Parliament

Signed the Treaty of Paris 1793