Who's Who In The Revolutionary War Flashcards
George the third
King of England
Fredrick, Lord North
Prime minister of England
Samuel Adams
Co/ founded the Sons of Liberty
Benjamin Franklin
Negotiated a treaty with England/convinced France
Thomas Gage
A British General;became governor of Massachusetts
Samuel Prescott
Spread the word that the British was coming
John Pitcairn
Led the British Troops to Lexington and Concord
Ethan Allen
Leader of the green mountain boys, captured Ft. Ticonderoga
William Howe
British General that failed to attack Washington while he was down
George Washington
Commander in chief of American Forces
John Hancock
President of the second continental congress; signed his name big on the Declaration of Independence
John Adams
Was an American patriot who served as the second president of the U.S, and the first Vice President
John Burgoyne
The loser at Saratoga
Henry Knox
Brought the guns from Ticonderoga
Thomas Painer
Wrote Common Sense and An American Crisis
Thomas Jefferson
He wrote the Declaration of Independence
Crispus Attucks
Former slave that died in the Boston Massacre
Fredrick 2
King of Prussia
Horacio Gates
Commander of the American Troops at Saratoga
Daniel Morgan
He broke the trail for Arnold to conduct;leader of the rifle men, took on Tarleton at the cow pens
Benedict Arnold
Great American General that committed treason
Layfayette
19 year old from France that joined the American Army at Valley Forge
Charles Cornwallis
Surrendered at Yorktown
Nathaniel Greene
He replaced Gates in the South and chased Cornwallis to Yorktown
George Rogers Clark
Conquered the Ohio River Valley, and built Fort Nelson, which is now Louisville
