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John Adams, A Boston lawyer who first became famous for defending the British soldiers accused of murdering five
Samuel Adams,A failed Bostonian businessman who became an
Benjamin Franklin, A Philadelphia printer, inventor, and
King George III, the King of Great Britain during the American
Patrick Henry,A colonist who became famous for "Give me liberty or give me death"
Thomas Jefferson,A planter and lawyer who eventually became president of the United
Thomas Paine,A philosopher who strongly supported republicanism and civic
Mercy Otis Warren,A propagandist of the American
Crispus Attucks,The first person killed in the Boston
George Washington, 1st president of the United
Lafayette,A French aristocrat and military officer who fought in the American Revolutionary
Abigail Adams, The first Second Lady and second First Lady of the United
John Paul Jones,First well known Naval commander in the American Revolutionary
James Armistead,An enslaved African American who served the Continental Army in the American
Benedict Arnold,A military
Lord Cornwallis,A British Army general and
John Locke,Regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and known as the "Father of
Patriots, Colonists of the Thirteen Colonies who rejected British rule during the American
Loyalist,American colonists who stayed loyal to the Crown during the American Revolutionary
First Contenental Congress,This was a secret organization that was created in the Thirteen American Colonies,This was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that became the United
Second Continental Congress,This was a meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies in America which united in the American Revolutionary
Sons of Liberty, This was a secret organization that was created in the Thirteen American
Paul Revere,He took part in the Boston Tea Party and was principal rider for Boston's Committee of
Wentworth Cheswell,He was a teacher and Revolutionary War veteran in

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