Powerpoint of Important individuals & groups of american revolution

1. Important Individuals & Groups of the American
Revolution

2. Patriots
• The Patriots were members of the Thirteen Colonies who rebelled against
British control during the American Revolution.
• The Patriots wanted independence from Great Britian because they
thought thought the British was taxing unfair.

3. Loyalist
• Loyalists were American colonists who remained loyal to the British
during the American Revolutionary War.
• They remained loyal because they thought their lives would be better
under the British rule.

4. John Adams
• Born on October 30, 1735, in Braintree, Massachusetts.
• He served on the First Continental Congress and helped draft the
Declaration of Independence.
• He became the first vice president of the United States and the second
president.

5. Benjamin Franklin
• Born in Boston on January 17, 1706.
• Helped to draft the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution
• He negotiated the 1783 Treaty of Paris, which ended the Revolutionary
War.
• His scientific pursuits included investigations into electricity, mathematics
and mapmaking

6. Abigail Adams
• Born in November 11, 1744 in Weymouth, Massachusetts
• She was the wife of President John Adams and the mother of John Quincy
Adams, who became the sixth president of the United States.
• She became a supportive spouse and confidante after her husband became
the president

7. Molly Pitcher
• Born in October 13, 1754, near Trenton, New Jersey.
• she was a Patriot that carried pitchers of water to soldiers during the
American Revolution's Battle of Monmouth.
• After her husband collapsed during the battle, she took over the operation
of his cannon