Characters of the Revolutionary War (These are people involved with Objective 5--- not necessarily the main players of the Revolution--)
Key American Leaders
General Washington General of the Continental Army 1 st 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 Morgan commander of Morgan’s Continental Rifle Corps
General Benedict Arnold Continental Brigade commander and primary American Leader on the battlefield
John Adams Signed the Treaty of Paris nd president of the U.S. member of the 1st and 2nd Continental Congress, Ambassador to the Netherlands
John Jay member of the 1st and 2nd Continental Congress, President of the Congress from December September 1779, an ambassador to Spain
Major General Horatio Gates Commander of Northern Continental Army
Benjamin Franklin Ambassador to France
George Rogers Clark led 127 volunteers to keep Hamilton from taking over Vincennes
De Grasse French 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 Cornwallis British 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 2 nd 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. Acland commander 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 Hartley Member of Parliament Signed the Treaty of Paris 1793