American Revolution People

Visited the troops and raised moral when she visited her husband.

Famously known as a traitor

He was a political leader and developed the post office and Night Riders. Was an inventor

Who was a great orator that said "Give me liberty, or give me death?"

He was chosen unanimously to command the Patriot army during the American Revolution

First published African-American poet

He was an African-American man who was murdered during the Boston Massacre.

Is widely credited with sewing the first American flag.

He is the author of Common Sense.

Who was an American silversmith, and Patriot leader who warned that the British were coming?

One of America's first naval heros

Who was a founding father and the first chief justice?

Patriot leader that organized the Sons of Liberty.

Who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence?

He was a wealthy merchant who funded the Sons of Liberty and signed the Declaration

He was a Patriot colonel known for saying, "Do not fire until you see the whites of their eyes"