’s of the Revolution!!!!!

Abigail Adams Supported women’s rights and abolition “…in the new code of laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make, I desire you would remember the ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the husbands. Remember, men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion… Wife of John Adams (2 nd pres.) Wrote many letters to her husband while he was in Philadelphia (member of Congress) From her letters we learned much about the time period

Mercy Otis Warren Her writings convinced many in Massachusetts to become patriots! Yay! Propaganda Friend of Abigail Adams Spoke out in favor of WOMEN’S RIGHTS the only woman who published plays, books, and poetry in favor of the patriot cause

Elizabeth Freeman Civil Rights Activist (Rights for African Americans) Sued for her freedom in Massachusetts “ Mum Bett”

Phillis Wheatley Treated as a family member by her owners. She was a former slave and an abolitionist. First African American woman POET. First African American woman to PUBLISH A BOOK-VERY WELL EDUCATED

Richard Allen Minister. Educator, and writer Founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church

John Adams 2 ND PRESIDENT (1796) Defended the British soldiers after the Boston Massacre (he was a lawyer) Spoke out in favor Of independence at the Second Continental Congress Helped write the Treaty of Paris 1783 (it ended the Revolutionary War) 1 st VICE PRESIDENT (1789)

Wentworth Cheswell Messenger for the Committee of Safety – the central nervous system of the American Revolution that carried intelligence and messages back and forth between strategic operational centers. Patriot leader-took a midnight ride like Paul Revere warning colonists of the British

Samuel (Sam) Adams Coined the phrase “Taxation without representation.” Leader of the Sons of Liberty In 1765 ordered a protest against the stamp act. Signed the Declaration of Independence

James Armistead Lafayette Was granted his freedom after the war. Adopted the name “Lafayette” out of admiration for the Marquis de Lafayette. Patriot SPY for George Washington at Yorktown and throughout the war.

Benjamin Franklin Great inventor-bifocals, lightning rod, Franklin stove. Diplomat to France-helped convince them to be American allies Helped write the Declaration of Independence AND the Constitution Author of “Poor Richards Almanack”- earned lots of money. “A penny saved is a penny earned.”

Bernardo de Gálvez Governor of Spanish Louisiana After Spain entered the war on the American side, he fought the British in the South. Corresponded directly with Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry

Crispus Attucks Supposed runaway slave, was a sailor at the time of his death Drawing by Paul Revere Propaganda First of 5 to die in the Boston Massacre (1770)

King George III Called a “tyrant” by Thomas Paine… Propaganda King of England during the Revolutionary War Imposed harsh taxes on the colonists

Haym Solomon Jewish Immigrant Labeled a “financial genius” Member of the Sons of Liberty Patriot SPY Managed the money for our new country after the Treaty of Paris 1783

Patrick Henry Virginia representative in the First Continental Congress “Give me liberty or give me DEATH!” -What does this mean? Patriot militia leader

Thomas Jefferson Democratic-Republican Main writer of the Declaration of Independence

Marquis de Lafayette Donated clothes and supplies to American soldiers with his own money French nobleman Assisted George Washington at Valley Forge and Yorktown

Thomas Paine Author of “The Crisis” Author of the book Common Sense (1776)-what do you think that title means? Fired up the colonists for Revolution

Motivated his men during the war-highly respected Commander in Chief of the Continental Army Elected first president of the United States George Washington