Important Patriot People Flashcards
A lawyer and member of the provincial assembly and was one of the earliest supporters of the Revolution.
He wrote the book “ The Rights of the British Colonists Asserted and Defended”
James Otis
He was a founding father, served on the continental congress, was an ambassador to European powers, and served as both the 1st vice president and the 2nd president.
Attended Harvard University
Supported the Continental Army Navy
John Adams
Was a political organizer during the events leading up the revolutionary war
Was John Adams cousin
Created a communication system through the colonies to keep Patriots informed of the Patriot cause
Samuel Adams
Was a silversmith, but a skilled illustrator and created many iconic images in support of the Revolutionary war
He helped spread the word about Lexington and Concord
“The Regulars are coming!”
Paul Revere
Patriot leader that feared the violent potential of Patriot crowds (The Boston Massacre)
John Hancock
A wealthy shop owner from connecticut who helped capture Fort Ticonderoga after the Battle of Lexington and Concord
Was later named the military commander of Philadelphia after Valley Forge
Betrayed the US and Defected to the British Army (gasp!) He gave them West Point in exchange for commission as a brigadier general and 20,000 pounds
Benedict Arnold
A leader of a militia unit in Vermont that helped Benedict Arnold take Fort Ticonderoga after the Battle of Lexington and Concord
Ethan Allen
Delivered A LOT of heavy artillery from Fort Ticonderoga to American Forces outside Boston during the British occupation of the city
His delivery helped substantially in the recapture of the city
Henry Knox
Commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War and the 1st president of the US
George Washington
One of the founding fathers that originally joined the Patriots as a local volunteer militia company then became Washington’s right hand man in military dealings and stuff (lieutenant colonel)
Alexander Hamilton
French Aristocrat and military officer. He volunteered to join the continental army voluntarily w/out pay. He became a major general and eventually joined Washington’s staff
Ultimately, he played a signifigant role in the revolution as a commander and advocate in the French government
Marquis de Lafayette
Trained the Continental Army at Valley Forge which significantly boosted morale
Baron Friedrich von Steuben
Was privateer hired by the US continental Army that secured a major victory with capture of the H.M.S drake in British Waters
John Paul Jones
Led the attack on Savannah that ultimately failed and surrendered to the British at the siege of Charleston (ouch)
General Benjamin Lincoln
Helped organize the Culper Spy Ring w/ Washington
Benjamin Tallmadge
New York City tailor that passed important information that he gathered by spying on the British officers in his shop. He passed this info to Washington and ultimately stopped an attempted capture of Washington
Hercules Mulligan
Two ladies that served as informants in the Culper Spy Ring
Sally Townsend and Mary Underhill
Replaced Horatio Gates as commander of the Continental army in the southern colonies
General Nathaniel Greene
General who led the big victory at the battle of Cowpens
General Daniel Morgan
French Military captain that assisted Washington with the victory in the Battle of Yorktown
Rochambeau
French General that commanded french ships in the battle of Yorktown
French Admiral François Joseph Paul, Comte de
Grasse
Known for being opposed to slavery and attempts to recruit enslaved soldiers, he fought against the british at the Battle of Combahee River
John Laurens
Led 480 militiamen into Native American territory and got captured and tortured in retaliation for the Gnadenhutten Massacre
Colonel William Crawford
Founding father who represented the united states during the negotiations to end the war along with Ben Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay
Henry Laurens
Founding father who represented the united states during the negotiations to end the war along with Ben Franklin, John Adams, and Henry Laurens
John Jay
Won the name “Molly Pitcher” by walking back and forth between the spring and the soldiers during the Battle of Monmouth
Mary Ludwig Hays
fought alongside her husband during the assault of Fort Washington, getting injured during the battle
Margaret Cochran Corbin
Disguised herself as a man to join the continental army
Deborah Sampson
Slave who was a supporter of the Patriot cause and was killed during the Boston Massacre
Crispus Attucks
Enslaved african american who served in the First Rhode Island Regiment.
Jack Sisson
Joined Marquis de Lafayette’s French allied units who used him as a spy for the army. He infiltrated General Cornwallis’s headquarters
James Armistead Lafayette
Wrote the final version of the Olive Branch Petition
John Dickinson
