NationMaster - Encyclopedia: List of important people in the era of the American Revolution

This is a list of people who were involved in some important or notable way with the American Revolution and/or the American Revolutionary War. The American Revolution is the series of events, ideas, and changes that resulted in the revolution and ensuing political separation of thirteen colonies in North America from the British Empire and the creation of the United States of America with a new political system. ... Combatants American Revolutionaries, France,Netherlands, Spain, allies British Empire, allies Commanders George Washington Comte de Rochambeau Nathanael Greene William Howe Henry Clinton Charles Cornwallis Strength {{{strength1}}} {{{strength2}}} Casualties {{{casualties1}}} {{{casualties2}}} {{{notes}}} The American Revolutionary War (1775â€“1783), also known as the American War for Independence, was the military side of...

American Patriot military

See also: Continental Army; Category:Continental Navy officers An engraving depicting Ethan Allen demanding the surrender of Fort Ticonderoga Ethan Allen (January 10, 1738 â€“ February 12, 1789) was an early American revolutionary and guerrilla leader during the era of the Vermont Republic and the New Hampshire Grants. ... Benedict Arnold For other people of the same name, see Benedict Arnold (disambiguation). ... Timothy Bedel was born in Salem, New Hampshire in 1737. ... Jonathan Chase (1732-1800) was born on December 6, 1732 in Sutton, Massachusetts to Samual Chase and his wife Mary Dudley. ... Abraham Drake (1715-1781) was born on December 4, 1715 in Hampton, New Hampshire to Abraham Drake and his wife Theodate Roby. ... Horatio Gates Horatio Gates (1726-1806) was an American general during the Revolutionary War. ... Charles Willson Peale painted a portrait of General Greene from life in 1783, which was then copied several times by C.W. Peale and his son, Rembrandt Peale. ... llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll A portrait of Alexander Hamilton by John Trumbull, 1792. ... John Paul Jones John Paul Jones (July 6, 1747â€“July 18, 1792) was Americas first well-known naval hero in the American Revolutionary War. ... John Laurens (October 28, 1754 - August 27, 1782) was an American soldier and statesman from South Carolina during the Revolutionary War. ... Henry Lee III (January 29, 1756 - March 25, 1818), American general, called Light Horse Harry, was born near Dumfries, Virginia. ... Francis Marion (the Swamp Fox) Francis Marion (circa 1732 - February 26 or February 27, 1795) was a lieutenant colonel in the Continental Army and later Brigadier General in the South Carolina Militia during the American Revolutionary War. ... James Monroe (April 28, 1758 â€“ July 4, 1831) was the fifth (1817â€“1825) President of the United States and author of the eponymous Monroe Doctrine. ... Daniel Morgan (1736-1802) was an American pioneer, soldier, and Congressman from Virginia. ... General Jonathan Moulton was to play an important role in the early history of New Hampshire and many tales of his adventures would become the stuff of legend. ... Benjamin Pierce (December 25, 1757-April 1, 1839), U.S. Democratic-Republican Party politician, He served as Governor of New Hampshire from 1827 to 1828 and from 1829 to 1830. ... General John Stark John Stark (August 28, 1728 - May 8, 1822) was a general who served in the American Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. ... Thomas Stickney (1729-1809) was born in Bradford, New Hampshire June 15, 1729. ... George Washington (February 22, 1732 â€“ December 14, 1799) was the successful Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War (1775â€“1783), and later became the first President of the United States, an office to which he was elected, unanimously, twice (1789-1797). ... The Continental Army was the unified command structure of the thirteen colonies fighting Great Britain during the American Revolutionary War. ...

Americans (Loyalist and Patriot) on the frontier

Daniel Boone Daniel Boone (November 2, 1734 â€“ September 26, 1820) was an American pioneer, frontiersman and Indian-fighter, who blazed the trail known as the Wilderness Road and founded Boonesborough, Kentucky (also known as Boonesboro). ... Daniel Brodhead IV (1736-1809) was an American military and political leader during the American Revolutionary War and early days of the republic. ... Clark as painted by Matthew Harris Jouett in 1825 George Rogers Clark (November 19, 1752 â€“ February 13, 1818) was the preeminent American military leader on the northwestern frontier during the American Revolutionary War. ... William Crawford (1732-1782) was an American soldier who fought Indians in the French and Indian Wars and the American Revolutionary War. ... Simon Girty (1741–February 18, 1818) was a British subject, born in what is now the United States, who served as a liaison between the British and their Native American allies during the American Revolution. ... Edward Hand (December 31, 1744â€“September 3, 1802) was an American physician and soldier from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. ... ME may stand for: Look up me in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

American Patriot politicians and writers

See also: Founding Fathers of the United States John Adams (October 30, 1735 â€“ July 4, 1826) was the first (1789â€“1797) Vice President of the United States, and the second (1797â€“1801) President of the United States. ... Samuel Adams (September 27, 1722 â€“ October 2, 1803) was an American Patriot and organizer of the Boston Tea Party. ... Benjamin Franklin by Jean-Baptiste Greuze 1777 Benjamin Franklin (January 17 [O.S. January 6] 1706 â€“ April 17, 1790) was one of the most prominent of the Founders and early political figures and statesmen of the United States. ... Portrait of Hancock (full portrait) Hancocks signature on the United States Declaration of Independence John Hancock (January 12, 1737 (O.S.) â€“ October 8, 1793 (N.S.)) was President of the Second Continental Congress and of the Congress of the Confederation; first Governor of Massachusetts; and the first person to... Patrick Henry (May 29, 1736 â€“ June 6, 1799) was a prominent figure in the American Revolution, known and remembered primarily for his stirring oratory. ... Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 N.S. â€“ July 4, 1826) was the third President of the United States (1801â€“1809), author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and one of the most influential Founders of the United States. ... Robert Morris, Jr. ... Thomas Paine Thomas Paine (January 29, 1737 â€“ June 8, 1809), intellectual, scholar, revolutionary, and idealist, is widely recognized as one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. ... sex sex ex they have hard buttsexFounding Fathers of the United States, also known to some Americans as the Fathers of Our Country, the Forefathers, Framers or the Founders are the men who signed the Declaration of Independence, United States Constitution or otherwise participated in the American Revolution as leaders...

American Loyalists

Benedict Arnold For other people of the same name, see Benedict Arnold (disambiguation). ... General Sir Henry Clinton K.B. Commander-in-Chief of British troops in America. ... Joseph Galloway (1731–August 29, 1803) was an American Continental Congress Delegate from Pennsylvania; born at West River, Maryland; moved with his father to Pennsylvania in 1740; received a liberal schooling; studied law; was admitted to the bar and began practice in Philadelphia; member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives... Thomas Hutchinson (September 9, 1711-June 3, 1780) was the American colonial governor of Massachusetts from 1771 to 1774 and a prominent Loyalist in the years before the American Revolutionary War. ... John Wentworth (1737-1820) was the British colonial governor of New Hampshire at the time of the American Revolution. ...

British and Loyalist leaders

Government officials

George III (George William Frederick) (4 June 1738 â€“ 29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain, and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until 1 January 1801, and thereafter King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death. ... Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford (April 13, 1732â€“August 5, 1792), more often known by his earlier title, Lord North, was Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1770 to 1782, and a major actor in the American Revolution. ... Lord George Germain (1780). ...

Commanders in chief in North America

Engraving of Thomas Gage Sir Thomas Gage (1719 â€“ April 2, 1787) was a British general and commander in chief of the North American forces from 1763 to 1775 during the early days of the American Revolution. ... ... General Sir Henry Clinton K.B. Commander-in-Chief of British troops in America. ...

Naval leaders

Admiral Marriott (or Mariot) Arbuthnot (1711 â€“ 31 January 1794) was a British admiral, who commanded the Royal Navys North American station during the American War for Independence. ... Thomas Graves, 1st Baron Graves (ca. ... Admiral Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, 1724â€“1816 by James Northcote, painted 1784. ... Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe (March 8, 1726 â€“ August 5, 1799) was a British admiral. ... Admiral Lord George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, 1719–1792 by Jean-Laurent Mosnier, painted 1791, George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney (February 1718 – May 24, 1792), was a British naval officer. ...

Other military officers

Benedict Arnold For other people of the same name, see Benedict Arnold (disambiguation). ... John Burgoyne John Burgoyne (February 24, 1723 â€“ August 4, 1792) was a British general during the American Revolutionary War, infamous for his arrogance, pompous attitude, and vanity. ... Christopher Carleton (1749-1787) was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England into a militiary family. ... Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (December 31, 1738 â€“ October 5, 1805) was a British general and colonial governor. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Simon Fraser (1729-1777) was a British general during the American Revolutionary War who was killed in the Battle of Bemis Heights. ... Henry Hamilton (c. ... Lieutenant-Colonel Banastre Tarleton by Sir Joshua Reynolds Sir Banastre Tarleton, Bt (August 21, 1754â€“January 25, 1833) was a British soldier and politician. ... Johan Gottlieb Rall, or Johan Rahl (c. ...

French leaders

Comte Jean Baptiste Charles Henri Hector d Estaing Portrait by Benson John Lossing in The pictorial field-book of the revolution Comte Jean Baptiste Charles Henri Hector d Estaing Comte Jean Baptiste Charles Henri Hector d Estaing (November 1729 - April 28, 1794) was a French admiral. ... François Joseph Paul, marquis de Grasse Tilly, comte de Grasse (1722 - January 1788), French admiral, was born at Bar, in the present départment of the Alpes-Maritimes. ... Marie-Joseph-Paul-Roch-Yves-Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette (September 6, 1757 â€“ May 20, 1834), was a French aristocrat most famous for his participation in the American Revolutionary War and early French Revolution. ... Jacques-Donatien Le Ray (1726-1803) was a French Father of the American Revolution, but later an opponent of the French Revolution. ... Louis XVI (August 9, 1754, Versailles â€“ January 21, 1793, Paris) was King of France and Navarre from 1774 until 1791, and then King of the French from 1791 to 1793. ... Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau (July 1, 1725 â€“ May 10, 1807), French soldier, was born at VendÃ´me (Loir-et-Cher). ... Charles Gravier, Comte de Vergennes, French statesman and diplomat Charles Gravier, Comte de Vergennes (20 December 1717–13 February 1787) was a French statesman and diplomat. ...

International leaders allied with the American Patriots

ï»¿ An engraving showing the wounded Baron de Kalb Johann Henry Jules Alexandre von Robaii, Baron de Kalb (born Johann Kalb) (1721-1780) was a German soldier and volunteer who served as a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. ... Tadeusz KoÅ›ciuszko Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura KoÅ›ciuszko (pronounced: []) (1746-1817) was a Polish national hero, general and a leader of that nations uprising against Russia in 1794. ... The Revolutionary: Francisco de Miranda SebastiÃ¡n Francisco de Miranda RodrÃguez (March 28, 1750 â€“ July 14, 1816) was a South American revolutionary whose own plan for the independence of the Spanish American colonies failed but who is regarded as a forerunner of BolÃvar and other more effective American... For things named to honor Kazimierz Pułaski, see: Pulaski (disambiguation). ... Baron von Steuben Friedrich Wilhelm Augustus Steuben, Baron von Steuben (November 15, 1730-November 28, 1794) was a German army officer who served with George Washington in the American Revolutionary War and is credited with teaching American troops the essentials of military drill and discipline. ... John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich (3 November 1718 – 3 April 1792) succeeded his grandfather, Edward, the 3rd Earl, in the earldom in 1729. ...

Native American leaders

Joseph Brant, painted in London by George Romney in 1776 Thayendanegea or Joseph Brant (sometimes spelled Brandt or Brand) (c. ... Blue Jacket or Weyapiersenwah (c. ... Chief Cornplanter portrait by F. Bertoli, 1796 GaiÃ¤ntwakÃª (c. ... Cornstalk (1720?â€“November 10, 1777) was a prominent leader of the Shawnee people in the era of the American Revolution. ... Dragging Canoe (1730? â€“ 1792) was an American Indian war leader who led a dissident band of young Cherokees against the United States in the American Revolutionary War. ... Guyasuta (c. ... Red Jacket (known as Otetiani in his youth and Segoyewatha after 1780) (c. ... White Eyes (c. ... Buckongahelas (1725?â€“May 1805) was a Delaware (Lenape) war leader who led his followers against the United States during the American Revolutionary War and again in the Northwest Indian War; in the latter war he helped win the most devastating military victory ever achieved by American Indians against the United...

Women

Categories: American Revolution people | American Revolutionary War | Revolutionaries Abigail Smith Adams (November 11, 1744 â€“ October 28, 1818) was the wife of John Adams, the second President of the United States, and is seen as the second First Lady of the United States, though that term was not coined until after her death. ... Molly Brant 1986 Postage Stamp Koñwatsiãtsiaiéñni or Mary (Molly) Brant ( c. ... Margaret Corbin (November 12, 1751 - January 16, 1800) was the first woman to fight in the American Revolutionary War. ... This depiction of The Death of Jane McCrea was painted in 1804 by John Vanderlyn. ... Molly Pitcher was a generic name applied to women who bravely carried water (usually in buckets) to men on the battlefield during the American Revolutionary War. ... Betsy Ross (?) and two children presenting her sewn flag to George Washington and others Betsy Ross (January 1, 1752 - January 30, 1836) is reputed to have sewn the first American flag. ... Deborah Sampson (December 17, 1760 â€“ April 29, 1827) was a male soldier during the American War of Independence who fought dressed as a women. ... Drawing of Nancy Ward by George Catlin Nanye-hi (One Who Goes About), known in English as Nancy Ward (c. ... Mercy Otis Warren (September 14, 1728 â€“ October 19, 1814) was born Mercy Otis in Barnstable, Massachusetts. ... Phillis Wheatley Phillis Wheatley (1753 - December 5, 1784), also spelled Phylis Wheatley, was born in Senegal in Africa, but was captured and sold into slavery at the age of 7. ...

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