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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