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ABIGAIL ADAMS• Asked her husband to “not
forget the ladies” when declaring independence
• Letters to husband reveal information about the debates of the Continental Congress
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JOHN ADAMS• Helped write the
Declaration of Independence
• Led the debate for independence
• Helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris 1763
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WENTWORTH CHESWELL• African-American who
fought in the Revolutionary War – Battle of Saratoga
• First African-American to be elected to a public office.
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SAM ADAMS• Leader of the Sons of
Liberty an organization that protested British taxes with events like the Boston Tea Party.
• Organized protests against the Stamp Act
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MERCY OTIS WARREN• Woman who wrote pro-
patriot propaganda during the Revolutionary War
• Wrote the 1st history of the American Revolution
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JAMES ARMISTEAD• Slave of Marquis de
Lafayette who spied on the British for the Americans.
• Later freedom was granted
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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN• Inventor• Diplomat and helped
negotiate the Treaty of Paris• Helped write the
Declaration of Independence.
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BERNARDO de GALVEZ• Spanish governor who
helped send money and weapons to American forces
• Led troops against the British at Mobile and Pensacola.
• Kept British from capturing the Mississippi
• Galveston is named after him
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CRISPUS ATTUCKS• African-American killed in
the Boston Massacre.
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KING GEORGE III• British tyrant the colonists
hated.
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HAYM SALOMON• Jewish hero of the
American Revolution• Helped finance the war
effort
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PATRICK HENRY• Anti-Federalist who
believed strongly in freedom. “Give me liberty or give me death!”
• Led opposition to the Stamp Act of 1765
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THOMAS JEFFERSON• Main writer of the
Declaration of Independence
• Made the Louisiana Purchase in 1803.
• 3rd President
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MARQUIS de LAFAYETTE• Frenchman who, as a
general, helped lead Washington’s troops in the Revolutionary War.
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THOMAS PAINE• Writer of pro-patriot
propaganda such as The Crisis and Common Sense.
• Strong advocate for American independence
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GEORGE WASHINGTON• Commander of the
Continental Army
• 1st President
• Issued the Proclamation of Neutrality
• Set the precedent of serving 2 terms.
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JOHN PAUL JONES• American naval commander
who destroyed and captured many British ships in the American Revolution.
• Known for raiding many British ports
• “I have not yet begun to fight!”
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