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Important
People of the
Revolutionary
War
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George Washington
• Commander
and Chief of the
Continental
Army. He
motivated his
soldiers to win
the war
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Abigail Adams
• Wife of John
Adams that wrote
the letter
“Remember the
Ladies” about
including rights
for women in the
new country.
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Benjamin Franklin
• American
diplomat that
worked as the
ambassador to
France. He
helped convince
France to help or
ally with the
United States.
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Marquis de Lafayette
• Young French
nobleman that
volunteered to
serve in the
Continental
Army under
George
Washington.
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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.
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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.
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Haym Salomon
• A Jewish financial
supporter of the
Patriot cause. He
donated over
600,000 dollars of
his own money to
the government.
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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.
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James Armistead
• A slave that spied
on British troop
movements and
reported it to the
Americans.
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Richard Allen
• Using the American
Revolution as an
example, he began
a society that
encouraged African
Americans to help
each other.
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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).
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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.
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John Adams• Attorney who
defended soldiers
on trial for Boston
Massacre.
• Leader of the
movement for
separation from
England
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Sam Adams• Leader who
organized the
Boston Sons of
Liberty to protest
British taxes.
• Argued “No
taxation without
representation”.
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Mercy Otis Warren• Wrote series of
pamphlets and
satires against
the British.
• Stirred Colonists
against British
policies with her
writing.
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Crispus Attucks• African American
who was the first
person killed at the
Boston Massacre.
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King George III• King of Great
Britain
• Supported
attempts to
discipline
colonists.
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Patrick Henry• Objected to the
Stamp Act.
• Convinced House
of Burgesses to
support war.
“Give me liberty
or give me
death”.
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Thomas Jefferson• Member of the
Second Continental
Congress.
• Author of the
Declaration of
Independence.
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Thomas Paine• Published a
pamphlet in 1776,
Common Sense,
that advocated
Independence
from Great Britain.
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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.