Important People during the American Revolution

Patrick Henry Patriot Believed Britain was using it’s power unfairly Wrote a speech supporting war against Britain He was for saying, “Give me liberty or give me death”.

George Washington Patriot Congress created a new army called the Continental Army. They chose Washington to be in charge of the Continental Army. They did this because he had fought in the French and Indian War, was brave, and was a skilled soldiers.

King George III King of England during the Revolutionary War Taxed the colonists to pay for the costs of the French& Indian War

Thomas Paine Wrote a pamphlet called Common Sense Wrote that King George treated the colonies unfairly.

John Adams Argued strongly for independence Signed the declaration of independence Later became the 2nd president of the United States

Thomas Jefferson Jefferson wrote the declaration of independence It declared why the colonies needed to become independent from Britain

Samuel Adams Leader of the Sons of Liberty where he organized protests against the Stamp Act Helped set up the committee of correspondence

Crispus Attucks An African American solider One of the five men killed during the Boston Massacre

Benjamin Franklin An inventor A scientist A colonial leader Try to get France to help the colonies during the war.

Lord North Prime Minister of Britain Worked with Parliament to pass the tax on tea

Paul Revere Patriots Famous for his midnight ride where he warned the colonists that the British troops were coming to attack Rode with William Dawes

Important People of the

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