The Marquis de Lafayette was a young French aristocrat who joined the American cause and became a major…
Alexander Hamilton served as an aide to George Washington and led an attack at the Battle of Yorktown.
Abigail Adams ran the family farm and household while her husband John served the Revolution.
Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense in January 1776, a pamphlet that argued plainly for independence from Britain.
John Hancock was a wealthy Boston merchant who served as president of the Second Continental Congress.
Nathan Hale was a young Connecticut schoolteacher who volunteered to gather intelligence behind British lines in 1776.
Paul Revere was a Boston silversmith and patriot messenger.
Patrick Henry was a Virginia lawyer and powerful speaker who urged the colonies toward independence.
Benjamin Franklin was a printer, writer, scientist and inventor who became one of the most respected Americans of…
Thomas Jefferson was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
Samuel Adams was a Boston political leader who helped organize colonial resistance to British taxes.
John Adams was a Massachusetts lawyer who argued forcefully for independence in the Continental Congress.
George Washington commanded the Continental Army throughout the American Revolution, from 1775 to 1783.
The Statue of Liberty and the Liberty Bell are two of America’s most famous symbols of freedom.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin.
The 19th Amendment, ratified in 1920, guaranteed that the right to vote cannot be denied on account of…
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, declaring enslaved people in Confederate states to…
The Second Amendment, ratified in 1791, protects the right of the people to keep and bear arms.
The First Amendment protects the free exercise of religion and prevents the government from establishing an official religion.
The First Amendment protects the right of people to gather peacefully and to petition the government.
The First Amendment protects the freedom of speech and the freedom of the press from government restriction.
The Bill of Rights is the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1791.
Adopted on July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence announced that the American colonies were free from British…
The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.