Chapter 8 The American Revolution 1776 1783 People

Chapter 8: The American Revolution (1776 -1783) People

Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys Captured Fort Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain New York, securing large number of cannons for General Washington.

Thomas Jefferson Virginia delegate to Continental Congress who wrote Declaration of Independence.

Benjamin Franklin Ben Franklin at a late night Salon in Paris Pennsylvania delegate to Continental Congress, negotiated Treaty of Alliance with France , and Treaty of Paris ending the war.

John Jay Benjamin West, The Treaty of Paris, Oil on Canvas, 1783 John Jay is on the far left! New York delegate to Continental Congress, who helped negotiate Treaty of Paris ending the war.

Nathan Hale "Last Words of Nathan Hale, " stipple engraving by Scottish artist Alexander Hay Ritchie (1822 -1895). 10 3/16 in. x 12 3/16 in. Courtesy of the Mabel Brady Garvan Collection, Yale University Art Gallery, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. 1858 American Patriot spy captured and executed by British. Last words were “I regret I have one life to give to my country!”

John Paul Jones Oil on canvas, 21" x 28", by Thomas Mitchell (17351790), signed and dated by the artist, 1780. Wikipedia Commons. Father of American Navy who said “I have not yet begun to fight!”

Molly Pitcher The women of '76: "Molly Pitcher" the heroine of Monmouth… Currier & Ives. - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Wikimedia Commons. She carried water to soldiers at the Battle of Monmouth, and it’s thought that she fired some cannons on her own. Molly Pitcher at the Battle of Monmouth, artist unknown print, 1859. Wikimedia Commons.

Daniel Morgan Unknown artist, George Washington Bicentennial Commission. (ca. 1924 - ca. 12/31/1934), Title Morgan, Daniel. Wikimedia Commons. Patriot leader who defeated the British at the Battle of Cowpens in South Carolina. The Battle of Cowpens, painted by William Ranney in 1845. Wikimedia Commons.

Nathaniel Greene Charles Wilson Peale, Nathaniel Greene Portrait, Oil on Canvas, 1783. Wikimedia Commons. Patriot General who defeated the British in the war in the South. Battle of Guilford Courthose, downloaded from Prints and Posters: Soldiers of the American Revolution, Center of Military History. Access date: June 1 2006. Wikimedia Commons.

Benedict Arnold Peggy Shippin convinced her husband, American General Benedict Arnold , to switch to the British side. Daniel Gardner, Peggy Shippin (wife of Benedict Arnold) and their child Sophia Arnold, Oil on Canvas, 1789. Wikimedia Commons. He was once one of Washington’s most trusted generals, but he became the most famous TRAITOR in our nation’s history!

King Louis 16 Joseph Dupless, Portrait of Louis XVI, King of France and Navarre (17541793), Oil on Canvas, 1776. Wikimedia Commons. French king during the American Revolution who sent the French Army, Navy, and weapons to aid the Americans. French Royal Flag during American Revolution! Today’s tricolor French Flag was create during the French Revolution after the monarchy was abolished and the king executed.

Marquis de Lafayette Joseph Desire Court, Portrait of Gilbert Motier the Marquis De La Fayette as a Lieutenant General, 1791. Oil on Canvas, 1834. Wikimedia Commons. 19 year old Frenchman became an American General, because he loved America and the ideals of the American Revolution

Admiral Francois de Grasse Antoine Maurin, Count De Grasse. Painting, 1834. wikimedia commons. French admiral set up a blockade in the Chesapeake Bay trapping British General Cornwallis at Yorktown. V. Zveg, Second Battle of the Virginia Capes, Oil on Canvas, US Navy Naval History and Heritage Command. 1962. wikimedia commons.

King George III Workshop of Alan Ramsey, King George III, Oil on Canvas, 1763. British King during the American Revolution.

John Burgoyne Joshua Reynolds, general John Burgoyne, oil on canvas, 1766. wikimedia commons. British General who was ordered to stop the Americans after Trenton and Princeton, but the patriots defeated this man at the Battle of Saratoga.

General Cornwallis John Trumball, Surrender of Lord Cornwallis (1781), Oil on Canvas, 1826. wikimedia commons. British General who was trapped and defeated at the Battle of Yorktown, bringing the war very close to an end.