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People of the Revolution

King George III

• British king during the Revolutionary era

Lord Cornwallis

• British general who surrendered at Yorktown

Samuel Adams

• Leader of the “Sons of Liberty”

• Called “Father of the Revolution”

• Believed in independence

John Adams

• He championed the cause of independence

• Lawyer from Boston (honest man)

• 2nd president of the United States

George Washington

• Commander of the Continental Army

• 1st President of the United States

Thomas Jefferson

• Major author of the Declaration of Independence

• 3rd President of the United States

Patrick Henry

• Outspoken member of the House of Burgesses

• Inspired colonial patriotism with “Give me liberty or give me death” speech

Benjamin Franklin• Prominent member of

the Continental Congress

• Helped frame the Declaration of Independence

• Famous inventor

• Wrote, “Poor Richard’s Almanac

Thomas Paine

• Journalist who was the author of the pamphlet “Common Sense”

Phillis Wheatley

• Former slave who wrote poems and plays to support American independence

Paul Revere

• One of the “Sons of Liberty”

• A silversmith and artisan

• He made a daring ride to warn colonists of the British arrival

John Locke

• He was a political philosopher who’s ideas influence the Declaration of Independence including: – People have natural rights

to life, liberty, and property

– Government is created to protect the rights of the people and has limited powers the people consent to

Parliament

• British law making body

Sons of Liberty

• A group of patriots who organized boycotts and protests

• They threw the tea into the Boston Harbor

Minutemen

• Colonial men who would be ready to fight in 60 seconds (1 minute)