abigail adams asked her husband to “not forget the ladies” when declaring independence letters...

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

IMPORTANT PEOPLE OF THE REVOLUTION

JOHN ADAMS• Helped write the

Declaration of Independence

• Led the debate for independence

• Helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris 1763


WENTWORTH CHESWELL• African-American who

fought in the Revolutionary War – Battle of Saratoga

• First African-American to be elected to a public office.


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


MERCY OTIS WARREN• Woman who wrote pro-

patriot propaganda during the Revolutionary War

• Wrote the 1st history of the American Revolution


JAMES ARMISTEAD• Slave of Marquis de

Lafayette who spied on the British for the Americans.

• Later freedom was granted


BENJAMIN FRANKLIN• Inventor• Diplomat and helped

negotiate the Treaty of Paris• Helped write the

Declaration of Independence.


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


CRISPUS ATTUCKS• African-American killed in

the Boston Massacre.


KING GEORGE III• British tyrant the colonists

hated.


HAYM SALOMON• Jewish hero of the

American Revolution• Helped finance the war

effort


PATRICK HENRY• Anti-Federalist who

believed strongly in freedom. “Give me liberty or give me death!”

• Led opposition to the Stamp Act of 1765


THOMAS JEFFERSON• Main writer of the

Declaration of Independence

• Made the Louisiana Purchase in 1803.

• 3rd President


MARQUIS de LAFAYETTE• Frenchman who, as a

general, helped lead Washington’s troops in the Revolutionary War.


THOMAS PAINE• Writer of pro-patriot

propaganda such as The Crisis and Common Sense.

• Strong advocate for American independence


GEORGE WASHINGTON• Commander of the

Continental Army

• 1st President

• Issued the Proclamation of Neutrality

• Set the precedent of serving 2 terms.


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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