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Paul Revere
Paul Revere was an American silversmith, engraver, early industrialist, and a patriot in the American Revolution. He is best known for alerting the Colonial militia to the approach of British forces before the battles of Lexington and Concord. When British Army activity on April 7, 1775, suggested the possibility of troop movements, Joseph Warren sent Revere to warn the Massachusetts Provincial Congress, then sitting in Concord, the site of one of the larger caches of Patriot military supplies. -
Benedict Arnold
Benedict Arnold was a general in the Revolutionary War who originally fought for the American Continental Army, but defected to the British Army. He was a member of the Sons of Liberty, but became a spy for the British. Because of his treachery, Arnold’s name is omitted from a number of Revolutionary War monuments, -
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was an American Founding Father. He was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. He eventually became the third president of the United States in 1801. He stayed in office until 1809. He was a powerful advocate for liberty. -
Marquis De Lafayette
Marquis de Lafayette, in the U.S. often known simply as Lafayette, was a French aristocrat and military officer who fought for the United States in the American Revolutionary War. A close friend of George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and Thomas Jefferson, Lafayette was a key figure in the French Revolution of 1789 and the July Revolution of 1830. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. They were fought on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy, and Cambridge, near Boston. -
Battle of Trenton
Battle of Trenton was fought in Trenton, New Jersey on the Delaware Rivier. The Americans fought against Hessians and British troops. The battle was a resounding physical and moral victory for Washington and his American troops. -
Battle of King's Mountain
Battle of King's Mountain took place in South Carolina. The loyalist Americans fought against patriot American Revolutionaries. Resoundingly the American Revolutionaries won the battle. The loyalist force was annihilated. -
Battle of Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown lasted until October 19, 1781. It was fought in Virginia. General Washington commanded the Americans. The Americans and French defeated the British in battle. -
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A renowned polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, freemason, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. He helped to draft both the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and the Constitution of the United States in 1787. In 1766, Franklin testified in the British Parliament against the Stamp Act of 1765.
