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Independent Historical Research:
Significant Ethnic Individuals of the American Revolution
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•NAME THAT
REVOLUTIONARY!
By the Declaration of
Independence, dreaded
by the foes an for a time
doubtfully viewed by
many of the friends of
America, everything
stood on a new and
more respectable
footing, both with
regard to the operations
of war or negotiations
with foreign powers.
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Loyalists give
author’s new
book two thumbs
down!
Woman
Writer of
the year!
Mercy Otis Warren
voice of the American
Revolution or just pure
Propaganda!
We hold these
truths to be selfevident…that all
men are created
equal with certain
unalienable
rights…life, liberty
and the pursuit of
happiness
July 4, 1776…The Date That
Changed the World!
The author of one of America’s most powerful documents speaks.
Breaking
News! 7
Warships now
ready to
attack the
British
invaders!
John Paul Jones
Founder of the U.S. Navy!
Founded secret
Committees of
Correspondence to
inform this group
throughout the 13
colonies.
Samuel Adams
Go Patriots!
Involved in the
Boston Tea Party!
1st to die for
the Patriot
cause in the
Boston
Massacre
2nd Continental Congress Named Him
General of the Continental Army!
George Washington
How I managed
to kept the
troops together
at Valley Forge
10 million copies sold of bestseller “Common Sense!”
sh Thomas
Paine
Controversial
Pamphlet
We do not need
any kings! I
call for
Independence!
Hero warns
of
approaching
British
Attack!
Wentworth
Cheswell
Benjamin Franklin
1706 Born in Boston
1732 Published the first edition of Poor
Richard's Almanac
1778 Negotiated and signed Treaty of Alliance
with France
1787 Served as delegate to the Philadelphia
Convention
1790 Died in Philadelphia
Paul Revere
Route because
“The British Are
Coming!”
One if by land,
Two if by sea!
Created this engraving
of the Boston
Massacre ( 1770)
James
Armistead
Spy for the
colonial army,
posing as a
servant at
British
Headquarters.
Patrick Henry
Give Me Liberty,
Or Give Me
Death!