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Important People
Study the important people in the Revolutionary War
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| King George III | King of England |
| Benjamin Franklin | Writer, postmaster, inventor, scientist |
| Patrick Henry | "Give me liberty of give my death!" |
| John Adams | Second U.S. President and helped write the Declaration of Independence |
| Paul Revere | Warned the colonists, "The British are coming!" |
| John Hancock | First to sign the Declaration of Independence |
| Thomas Jefferson | Lawyer from Virginia who did most of the writing of the Declaration of Independence |
| George Washington | Led the First Continental Army. became the first U.S. President |
| Thomas Paine | Wrote Common Sense attacking King George |
| Peter Salem | African who fought with minutemen at Concord and Bunker Hill |
| Molly Pitcher | Brought food and water to the men. Fired a cannon too! |
| Sybil Ludington | Female Paul Revere. Rode at night to warn Patriots. |
| Deborah Samson | Woman American who was disguised as a man to fight in the army |
| Ethan Allen | Leader of the Green Mountain Boys in Vermont |
| Nathan Hale | Patriot hanged by the British for being a spy |
| Abigail Adams | Wrote about women's rights in her letters to her husband |
| Marquis de Lafayette | French noble who fought alongside Americans |
| Phyllis Wheatley | First African woman to have a book of poetry published. She wrote a poem about George Washington |
| General Cornwallis | Commander of British forces who surrendered at Yorktown |
| Benedict Arnold | Most famous traitor - American General who turned traitor and joined British in the middle of the war |
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