1. Important Individuals of the American Revolution
8.4b Explain the roles played by significant individuals during the revolutionary period, including Samuel Adams, Benjamin Franklin, King George III, Thomas Jefferson, Marquis de Lafayette, Thomas Paine, and George Washington

2. George Washington Commander of the Continental Army
Eventual 1st president of the United States

3. Thomas Jefferson Primary author of the Declaration of Independence
First Secretary of State
3rd President of the U.S.

4. Leader of the Sons of Liberty
Samuel Adams
Leader of the Sons of Liberty

5. Thomas Paine Author of Common Sense and the series Crisis.
His writings inspired Americans to fight the British

6. Benjamin Franklin Wrote the Albany Plan of Union
World renown “scientist”
Convinced the French to help the Americans in the Revolution

7. John Adams Diplomat in France and The Netherlands
Revised Declaration of Independence
1st Vice-President
2nd President

8. Patrick Henry
Delivered the famous “Give me liberty, or give me Death” speech.

9. Marquis de Lafayette
French aristocrat and general under George Washington
Would later be a leader in the French Revolution

10. King George III
British King during the American Revolution