Extraordinary patriots of the United States of America: Colonial times to pre-Civil War

Introduction

Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790: The Wise and Witty Founding Father

Roger Sherman 1721-1793: The Shoemaker Who Became the Signer

Samuel Adams 1722-1803: The Son of Liberty

George Mason 1725-1792: The Forgotten Founding Father

James Otis 1725-1783: Colonial America's Flame of Fire

Caesar Rodney 1728-1784: Delaware Hero in the Vote for Independence

Mercy Otis Warren 1728-1814: First Lady of the Revolution

Charles Thomson 1729-1824: The Man Who Told the Truth

Baron Friedrich von Steuben 1730-1794: Prussian Volunteer Who Trained America to Fight

Benjamin Edes 1732-1803: Voice of the Sons of Liberty

Richard Henry Lee 1732-1794: Writer of Resolutions for Revolution

Francis Marion 1732-1795: The Swamp Fox

George Washington 1732-1799: The Father of Our Country

Robert Morris 1734-1806: The Man Who Financed the Revolution

John Adams 1735-1826: Preserver of Liberty

Paul Revere 1735-1818: A Son of Liberty Who Rode into History

Patrick Henry 1736-1799: The Son of Thunder

John Hancock 1737-1793: The Man with the Bold Hand

Thomas Paine 1737-1809: The "Common Sense" Patriot

Ethan Allen 1738-1789: Leader of the Green Mountain Boys

Mary Katherine Goddard 1738-1816: First Printer of the Signed Declaration of Independence

Nathanael Greene 1742-1786: Faithful, Fighting General

Thomas Jefferson 1743-1826: Architect of Freedom

John Jay 1745-1829: First Justice of the Supreme Court

Benjamin Rush 1745-1813: Surgeon General of the Continental Army

Anthony Wayne 1745-1796: Found Wherever There Was a Fight

Bernardo de Galvez 1746-1786: Hispanic Hero of the Revolution

Tadeusz Kosciuszko 1746-1817: Polish Engineer for Freedom

John Paul Jones 1747-1792: Father of the American Navy

Casimir Pulaski 1747-1779: Father of the American Cavalry

Henry Knox 1750-1806: The "Ox" of the Revolutionary War

The Liberty Bell 1751-Present: A Chime That Changed the World

Margaret Cochran Corbin 1751-1800: First Woman Wounded on the Battlefield

James Madison 1751-1836: Champion for the Constitution

George Rogers Clark 1752-1818: The "Great Long Knife"

Betsy Ross 1752-1836: The Woman Behind the Legend of the Stars and Stripes

Jack Jouett 1754-1822: The Other Midnight Rider

Mary Hays McCauley c. 1754-1832: Molly Pitcher

Dr. James Thacher 1754-1844: Surgeon, Soldier, Scribe

Nathan Hale 1755-1776: Schoolteacher Spy

Alexander Hamilton 1755-1804: Soldier and Statesman

John Trumbull 1756-1843: Artist of the Revolution

Marquis de Lafayette 1757-1834: French Hero of the American Revolution

James Monroe 1758-1831: The Protection Policy President

Deborah Samson Gannett (aka Robert Shurtleff) 1760-1827: Soldier in Disguise

Sybil Ludington 1761-1839: Heroine Who Rode for Freedom

Emily Geiger c. 1763-1825: Legendary Messenger from South Carolina

John Quincy Adams 1767-1848: The President Who Would Not Quit

Andrew Jackson 1767-1845: Hero of New Orleans

Dolley Madison 1768-1849: Patriot of the People's House

African American Patriots 1770-1850: First to Fight for America's Freedom

Sequoyah (aka George Gist or Guess) c. 1770-1843: Cherokee Warrior

American Jewish Patriots 1775-1850: Soldiers and Supporters of Freedom

George Gibson Jr. 1775-1861: Father of the Army Food Service

Drummers and Fifers 1775-1781: Winning Independence One Beat at a Time

The Oneida 1775-1815: Native American Patriots

The Declaration of Independence 1776-Present: Birth Certificate of the Nation

Daughters of Liberty 1776-1783: Women Who Served in the Revolutionary War

The Culper Ring 1778-1783: Master Spies of the American Revolution

"The Star-Spangled Banner" 1780-Present: The National Anthem of the United States of America

The Purple Heart 1782-Present: First Award for the Common Soldier

Zachary Taylor 1784-1850: Patriot President who Held the Union Together

The Constitution of the United States of America 1787-Present: Chart of Freedom

Publius 1787-1788: Author of The Federalist Papers

Sam Houston 1793-1863: The Raven Who Refused to Secede

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