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| A group of rebels who attacked a British outpost called Fort Ticonderoga |
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| A secret protest group organized by Samuel Adams |
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| He wrote a pamphlet titled "Common Sense" that said colonists did not owe loyalty to an unjust ruler, King George III |
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| Farmers and artisans in the militia who were ready to fight in a minutes notice |
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| Colonists who wanted to stay under British rule, also known as Tories |
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| A group of German soldiers who were hired by the British to give their army strength |
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| Committees of Correspondnce |
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| A group of colonists that shared important information among the colonies |
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| a group of women who protested by boycotting tea and cloth |
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| Colonists who wanted freedom from English rule |
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| Citizens who were ready to fight |
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| A lawyer who defended the soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre. |
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| The army for the colonies who fought against the British and was led by George Washington |
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| An outspoken patriot and leader of the Sons of Liberty |
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| A soldier from Poland who trained and organized the first American Cavalry (troops on horseback) |
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| A Boston silversmith who drew a picture detailing the Boston Massacre. He also warned the colonists at Lexington that the British were coming. |
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| Known as "Swamp Fox." He often led raids and surprise attacks on the British |
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| A colonel who led the American soldiers in the Battle of Bunker Hill |
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| An outspoken colonist who declared the Stamp Act illegal. |
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General Charles Cornwallis [image] |
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| British General who surrendered at Yorktown |
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| President of the Second Continental Congress and was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence |
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| A British General who raided gun supplies at Concord and also fought in the Battle of Bunker Hill |
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| A trusted American general who was caught spying for the British |
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General John Burgoyne [image] |
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| British general who surrendered at the Battle of Saratoga |
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| A colonial woman who brought water to the American soldiers on the battle front |
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George Rogers Clark [image] |
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| Led volunteers on a raid against the British in the Ohio Valley |
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Benjamin Franklin [image] |
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| Ambassador who convinced France to join the American colonies to fight the British |
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| He spied for George Washington and was captured by the British and was condemned to death. He said, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." |
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| He attacked the British warship "Serpis" in the North Seas and said "I have not yet begun to fight." |
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| He drafted the Declaration of Independence |
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| Was an African American sailor who was the first person to be killed in the Boston Massacre |
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George Washington [image] |
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| Commander of the Continental Army |
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