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Period: 1738 BCE to 1820 BCE
King George
He ascended to the throne just as the French and Indian War was coming to a close, a fateful moment for world history. -
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William Allen
At the time of the American Revolution, Allen was one of the wealthiest and most powerful men in Philadelphia. A Loyalist, Allen agreed that the colonies should seek to redress their grievances with British Parliament through constitutional means, and he disapproved of the movement toward independence. -
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Benjamin Franklin
He was part of the five-member committee that helped draft the Declaration of Independence, in which the 13 American colonies declared their freedom from British rule. That same year, Congress sent Franklin to France to enlist that nation's help with the Revolutionary War. -
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Mary Draper
Mary Draper was a women who baked for the soldiers in The Continental Army during the American Revolution. -
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Samuel Adams
American Founding Father Samuel Adams helped organize the Boston Tea Party and signed the U.S. Declaration of Independence. -
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William Franklin
He was the last colonial Governor of New Jersey. Franklin was a steadfast Loyalist throughout the American Revolutionary War. -
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George Washington
He was commander in chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and served two terms as the first U.S. president. The son of a prosperous planter, Washington was raised in colonial Virginia. -
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Paul Revere
A hero of the American Revolutionary War, Paul Revere is famous for his "midnight ride" of April 18th, 1775, when he sounded the alarm that British forces were moving against American colonists. -
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Patrick Henry
He was one of the leading figures of the american revolutionary period. An outspoken opponent of the Stamp and Townsend Acts levied by England, he stirred the seeds of discord with his famous ''Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death'' speech to the Virginia Assembly. -
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John Hancock
Hancock was one of Boston's leaders during the crisis that led to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary war. He served more than two years in the Continental Congress in Philadelphia, and as president of Congress, was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence. -
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Thomas Paine
He was a radical writer who emigrated from England to America. Just two years later, early in 1776, Paine published Common Sense, a hugely influential pamphlet that convinced many American colonists that the time had finally come to break away from British rule. -
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Ethan Allen
He fought in the French and Indian War and the American Revolution. With Benedict Arnold, he led the Green Mountain Boys to capture Fort Ticonderoga from the British. -
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Benedict Arnold
He was an early American hero of the Revolutionary War, who later became one of the most infamous traitors in U.S. history after he switched sides and fought for the British. -
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Joseph Brant
Mohawk Indian chief who served not only as a spokesman for his people but also as a Christian missionary and a British military officer during the American Revolution. -
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Thomas Jefferson
He is considered one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America for the central role he played in drafting the Declaration of Independence. During the american revolution, Jefferson was elected governor of Virginia and, after the war, he was appointed minister to France. -
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Abigail Adams
Abigail Smith Adams wasn't just the strongest female voice in the American Revolution; she was a key political advisor to her husband and became the first First Lady to live in what would become the White House. -
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Henry Knox
Henry Knox was a bookstore owner who became a Major General under George Washington during the american revolution and later Secretary of War. -
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James Madison
Madison was one of the primary creators of the united states constitution and the bill of rights. He served in the virginia legislature and in the continental congress during the american revolution. He also became the fourth president of the united states and was president during the War of 1812. -
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James Monroe
Monroe was of the planter class and fought in the american revolutionary war. He was wounded in the Battle of Trenton with a musket ball to his shoulder. After studying law under Thomas Jefferson from 1780 to 1783, he served as a delegate in the continental congress. -
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John adams
During the 1770s, he was a delegate to the Continental Congress. In the 1780s, Adams served as a diplomat in Europe and helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris (1783)