Download Important People of the Revolution!!!!!

’s of the
Revolution!!!!!
Wife of John Adams (2nd pres.)
Wrote many letters to her husband
while he was in Philadelphia (member
of Congress)
From her letters we learned much
about the time period
Supported women’s rights
and abolition
“…in the new code of laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make, I
desire you would remember the ladies, and be more generous and
Do not put such unlimited power
into the hands of the husbands. Remember, men would be
tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the
favorable to them than your ancestors.
ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion…
Abigail Adams
Friend of Abigail Adams
Spoke out in favor of WOMEN’S RIGHTS
the only woman who published plays,
books, and poetry in favor
of the patriot cause
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Her writings convinced many in
Massachusetts to become patriots! Yay!
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Mercy Otis Warren
Sued for her freedom in
Massachusetts
“Mum
Bett”
Civil Rights Activist (Rights for African
Americans)
Elizabeth Freeman
First African American woman
POET.
First African American woman to
PUBLISH A BOOK-VERY WELL
EDUCATED
Treated as a family member by her owners.
She was a former slave and an abolitionist.
Phillis
Wheatley
Minister. Educator ,
and writer
Founded the
African
Methodist
Episcopal
Church
Richard Allen
Defended the British soldiers after the Boston Massacre
(he was a lawyer)
Spoke out in favor Of independence at the Second
Continental Congress
Helped write the Treaty of Paris 1783 (it ended the
Revolutionary War)
1st VICE PRESIDENT (1789)
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2ND PRESIDENT (1796)
John Adams
Patriot leader-took a midnight
ride like Paul Revere warning
colonists of the British
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Messenger for the
Committee of Safety – the
central nervous system of
the American Revolution
that carried intelligence
and messages back and
forth between strategic
operational centers.
Wentworth Cheswell
In 1765 ordered a protest against
the stamp act.
Signed the Declaration of
Independence
Coined the phrase “Taxation
without representation.”
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Leader of the Sons of Liberty
Samuel (Sam) Adams
Adopted the name “Lafayette” out of
admiration for the Marquis de Lafayette.
Patriot SPY for George Washington at
Yorktown and throughout the war.
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Was granted his freedom after the war.
James
Armistead
Lafayette
Helped write the Declaration of
Independence AND the Constitution
Diplomat to France-helped
convince them to be American
allies
Author of “Poor Richards Almanack”earned lots of money.
“A penny saved is a penny earned.”
Great inventor-bifocals, lightning
rod,
Franklin stove.
Benjamin Franklin
Governor of Spanish Louisiana
After Spain entered the war on the
American side, he fought the
British in the South.
Corresponded directly with
Thomas Jefferson and Patrick
Henry
Bernardo de Gálvez
First of 5 to die in the Boston Massacre
(1770)
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Supposed runaway slave, was a sailor at
the time of his death
Drawing by Paul Revere
Crispus Attucks
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King of England during the
Revolutionary War
Imposed harsh taxes on
the colonists
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Called a “tyrant” by
Thomas Paine…
King George
III
Propaganda
Labeled a “financial genius”
Member of the Sons of Liberty
Patriot SPY
Managed the money for our
new country after the
Treaty of Paris 1783
Jewish Immigrant
Haym
Solomon
“Give me liberty or give me
DEATH!”-What does this mean?
Patriot militia leader
Virginia representative in
the First Continental
Congress
Patrick
Henry
Democratic-Republican
Main writer of the
Declaration of
Independence
Thomas
Jefferson
French nobleman
Assisted George Washington
at Valley Forge and Yorktown
Donated clothes and supplies to
American soldiers with
his own money
Marquis de
Lafayette
Author of the book
Common Sense (1776)-what do
you think that title means?
Fired up the colonists for
Revolution
Author of
“The Crisis”
Thomas Paine
Commander in Chief of
the Continental Army
Elected first president of the
United States
Motivated his
men during the
war-highly
respected
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George Washington