SAM ADAMS, JOHN ADAMS, MERCY OTIS WARREN, GEORGE WASHINGTON, PATRICK HENRY

Revolutionary War Figures

SAM ADAMS

1. Brewer 2. They protested British Policies and

encouraged merchants and citizens to boycott British goods

3. He organized the protest against the Stamp Act and founded the Sons of Liberty

4. The committee wrote letters and pamphlets reporting events to colonists in the South.

JOHN ADAMS

1. He was a schoolteacher and a lawyer.

2. His essay stated that the Stamp Act would ruin the law.

3. He represented the British officers involved in the Boston Massacre.

GEORGE WASHINGTON

1. He was a Virginia plantation owner. 2. He was elected commander-in-chief

of the Continental Army. 3. He played many roles in the

Revolution such as commander, he lead the Constitutional Conventions, and he had good leadership skills.

MERCY OTIS WARREN

1. Her brother was struck on the head by a British official and suffered brain damage.

2. She wrote propaganda pieces against the British making fun of them.

3. Abigail and John Adams encouraged her to write.

PATRICK HENRY

1. He said that the king was not listening to the people and acting like a dictator.

2. He said he would rather be dead that without his freedom.

3. He was a part of the House of Burgesses, VA committee of correspondence, and governor of Virginia.