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American civil leaders, such as Patrick Henry and Paul Revere, played important roles in the fight to gain independence. This section contains information about some of the people involved in the birth of the new country.
Featured Article: John Barry
Barry, John (1745–1803), a United States naval officer. After John Paul Jones, he was the greatest naval hero of the American Revolution. See more »
John Paul Jones
Jones, John Paul (1747–1792), a Scottish-American naval officer who has been called the Father of the United States Navy.
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Penn, John (1741?–1788), a United States lawyer and a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
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Sevier, John (1745–1815), a United States frontiersman, soldier, and political leader.
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Stark, John (1728–1822), an American military leader. He was a successful commander throughout the Revolutionary War.
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Sullivan, John (1740–1795), an American soldier, patriot, and statesman. Sullivan won distinction as a commander in the Continental army during the Revolutionary War.
See more »Jonathan Dayton
Dayton, Jonathan (1760–1824), a United States political leader. He was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
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Trumbull, Jonathan (1710–1785), an American colonial official. He was governor of Connecticut, 1769–84, and at the start of the Revolutionary War was the only colonial governor to support the Patriot cause.
See more »Joseph Hewes
Hewes, Joseph (1730–1779), a Revolutionary War patriot and signer of the Declaration of Independence.
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Warren, Joseph (1741–1775), an American patriot of the Revolutionary War. He was a leader in agitation against Great Britain from the time of the Stamp Act (1765).
See more »Joshua Barney
Barney, Joshua (1759–1818), a United States naval hero of the American Revolution and the War of 1812.
See more »Lewis Morris
Morris, Lewis (1726–1798), an American patriot who was a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
See more »Lyman Hall
Hall, Lyman (1724–1790), a United States patriot and signer of the Declaration of Independence.
See more »Marquis De Lafayette
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de (1757–1834), a French soldier and statesman.
See more »Matthew Thornton
Thornton, Matthew (1714?–1803), an American patriot and a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
See more »Nathan Hale
Hale, Nathan (1755–1776), an American patriot. Hale became a national hero after he was hanged by the British for spying during the American Revolution.
See more »Nathanael Greene
Greene, Nathanael (1742–1786), a United States Revolutionary War general. A skilled strategist, he was considered second in ability only to George Washington.
See more »Nicholas Herkimer
Herkimer, Nicholas (1728–1777), an American Revolutionary War army officer. Herkimer was born in German Flats (now Herkimer), New York.
See more »Oliver Ellsworth
Ellsworth, Oliver (1745–1807), a United States statesman and jurist. He played an important role in the founding of the republic.
See more »Paul Revere
Revere, Paul (1735-1818), an American patriot, silversmith, and engraver. His fame as a hero of the American Revolution is largely due to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's popular, though somewhat inaccurate, poem Paul Revere's Ride.
See more »Philip J. Schuyler
Schuyler, Philip John (1733–1804), a United States army officer and statesman. He was commander of the Continental army in northern New York during the American Revolution and, as a Federalist, was one of the state's first two United States senators.
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