Haym Salomon was a Polish born Jewish immigrant and financial broker in New York and Philadelphia.
Mercy Otis Warren was a Massachusetts writer, poet and playwright who used her pen to support the patriot…
James Armistead was an enslaved man in Virginia who volunteered to spy for the American cause under the…
Crispus Attucks was a man of African and Native American descent who was killed in the Boston Massacre…
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.