1. Important People during the American Revolution

2. 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”.

3. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. 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

13. Important People of the

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