1. Key People- Washington
Side: Patriot
Contribution:
Commander-in-Chief of colonial military
Attacked at Trenton by surprise
Inoculated troops from small pox at Valley Forge
Received formal surrender from British at Yorktown
Presided over later Constitutional Convention

2. Key People- Cornwallis
Side: British
Contribution:
Second-in-Command to General Henry Clinton of British forces
Made the decision to move his troops to Yorktown, Virginia
Forced to surrender after attacked from all angles

3. Key People- John Paul Jones
Side: Patriot
Contribution:
Nicknamed “Father of the American Navy”
Famous quote “I have not yet begun to fight” during a fight with the British ship Serapis
Greatest success in international waterways with his ships Ranger and Bonhomme Richard

4. Key People- de Lafayette
Side: Patriot
Contribution:
French military leader who offered his services to the American military
Came up with the plan to attack Cornwallis at Yorktown
Later went back to France and fought for democracy there during the French Revolution

5. Key People- von Steuben
Side: Patriot
Contribution:
Former Prussian military captain who volunteered his services to Washington
Trained American troops at Valley Forge
His drills and tactics were used in future American wars
Wrote: Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States

6. Key People- Arnold Side: Patriot then British Contribution:
Responsible for American victory at Saratoga
Later made an arrangement with Great Britain to turn over the American fort at West Point in exchange for an officer role in the British military
Word of his treachery re-energized the American war effort

7. Key People- Richard Henry Lee
Side: Patriot
Contribution:
He was the one who called for the motion in the Second Continental Congress to declare war on Great Britain- called the “Lee Resolution”
A lot of his ideas appeared in the Declaration of Independence

8. Key People- King George III
Side: British monarch
Contribution:
Claimed the colonies had “virtual representation” as citizens of Great Britain
Refused to acknowledge the Olive Branch Petition
Sent representatives to Paris to end the American Revolution and grant the colonies independence