Key Individuals of the American Revolution

The British general who surrendered to George Washington at Yorktown

Delegate to the 1st & 2nd Continental Congress who championed the cause of independence.

The Virginian who said, "Give me liberty or give me death!"

A delegate from Pennsylvania to the 2nd Continental Congress and helped with the Declaration.

The British King during the American Revolution- he issued the Proclamation of 1763.

One of the Sons of Liberty who warned the colonists that the British were coming.

The Virginian who was elected as Commander of the Continental Army.

A former slave who became a writer of poems & plays about independence.

The main author of the Declaration of Independence.