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Important
People of the
Revolutionary
War
George Washington
• Commander
and Chief of the
Continental
Army. He
motivated his
soldiers to win
the war
Abigail Adams
• Wife of John
Adams that wrote
the letter
“Remember the
Ladies” about
including rights
for women in the
new country.
Benjamin Franklin
• American
diplomat that
worked as the
ambassador to
France. He
helped convince
France to help or
ally with the
United States.
Marquis de Lafayette
• Young French
nobleman that
volunteered to
serve in the
Continental
Army under
George
Washington.
Bernardo De Galvez• Spanish Governor
of Louisiana that
attacked the British
along the Gulf of
Mexico. This gave
the British another
enemy to fight
taking pressure off
of the Americans.
John Paul Jones
• American naval
officer that won
the most famous
naval battle of the
war when he
defeated the
British ship
Serapis off the
English Coast.
Haym Salomon
• A Jewish financial
supporter of the
Patriot cause. He
donated over
600,000 dollars of
his own money to
the government.
Wentworth Cheswell
• A free black militia
leader from New
Hampshire who
fought in the Battle
of Saratoga. He later
became the 1st
African American
elected to public
office.
James Armistead
• A slave that spied
on British troop
movements and
reported it to the
Americans.
Richard Allen
• Using the American
Revolution as an
example, he began
a society that
encouraged African
Americans to help
each other.
Elizabeth Freedman
• A slave that used
the American
Revolution as an
example and sued
for her freedom in
Massachusetts in
1781 and won. Her
victory ended
slavery in that state
(abolition).
George Rogers Clark• American General
that won the frontier
battles giving
America claim in the
Treaty of Paris to the
western lands to the
Mississippi River.
John Adams• Attorney who
defended soldiers
on trial for Boston
Massacre.
• Leader of the
movement for
separation from
England
Sam Adams• Leader who
organized the
Boston Sons of
Liberty to protest
British taxes.
• Argued “No
taxation without
representation”.
Mercy Otis Warren• Wrote series of
pamphlets and
satires against
the British.
• Stirred Colonists
against British
policies with her
writing.
Crispus Attucks• African American
who was the first
person killed at the
Boston Massacre.
King George III• King of Great
Britain
• Supported
attempts to
discipline
colonists.
Patrick Henry• Objected to the
Stamp Act.
• Convinced House
of Burgesses to
support war.
“Give me liberty
or give me
death”.
Thomas Jefferson• Member of the
Second Continental
Congress.
• Author of the
Declaration of
Independence.
Thomas Paine• Published a
pamphlet in 1776,
Common Sense,
that advocated
Independence
from Great Britain.
John Locke• People have Natural
Rights of Life, Liberty,
and Property
• Purpose of government
was to protect
individual freedom and
property. If a
government failed to do
this, its citizens had the
right to overthrow it.