Commanders

George Washington ~ Leader of colonial army

John Adams ~ Defended the soldiers from Boston Mascara

General Cornwallis ~ British general who surrender to George Washington at Yorktown

Horatio Gates ~ American general whose troop defeated the British forces at Saratoga

Benedict Arnold ~ Successful American general during American Revolution

Ben Franklin ~ Signer of Declaration of Independence

King George III ~ Leader of Great Britain during American Revolution

John Hancock ~ President of the Continental Congress & First to sign declaration of independence

General Howe ~ Commander and chief of British forces during American revolution

Thomas Paine ~ Wrote Common sense

Baron von Struben ~ Prussian army officer who helped train the continental army into fighting Valley forge

Sam Adams ~ Organzied the sons of Liberty , The committees of Correspondence , and the Boston tea party