Famous Americans from Amer Revolution/Colonial Era
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- Abigail Adams
- John Adams
- Samuel Adams
- Benedict Arnold
- Crispus Attucks
- Benjamin Franklin
- Nathanael Greene
- Nathaniel Hale
- John Hancock
- Patrick Henry
- Anne Hutchinson
- Thomas Jefferson
- John Paul Jones
- Marquis de Lafayette
- Sybil Ludington
- James Oglethorpe
- William Penn
- Molly Pitcher (Molly Ludwig Hays McCauley)
- Pocahontas
- Paul Revere
- Betsy Ross
- George Washington
- Martha Washington
- Phillis Wheatley
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Biography plus a great video on Abigail.
Quick Facts, but be sure to click the link to the full biography.
Biography of Abigail and a video.
Biography and a video on the Sons of Liberty.
Be sure to notice that there are MULTIPLE encyclopedia articles on him. Click on the tabs to view other articles.
Biography
Biography from the Crispus Attucks community service organization.
Crispus Attucks - African American Registry
Nathanael Greene - New Georgia Encyclopedia
Includes his early life, military career, The Southern Campaign, and life after the war.
Includes his early life, military career, The Southern Campaign, and life after the war.
Short but interesting facts.
Accounts the details of Nathan's spy mission.
A short biography of Nathan Hale.
Be sure to click through the arrows to view all three pages.
Very short biography, but a good start to understanding who he was and why he was important.
27 Reasons Why We Should Honor General Lafayette - American Friends of Lafayette
Short introduction to Pocahontas.
Be sure to click on the different sections on the left to explore different times of Pocahontas' life.
Biography and video.
Pocahontas - National Park Service
Short discussion of they myth.
A bit long (be sure to click through the page numbers at the bottom), but it does a really good job discussing the myth.
Biography and video.
George Washington - Smithsonian
Be sure to click on the different links on the left to learn more about different times in his life like Early Military Career, etc.