| Term | Definition |
|---|
| John Winthrop | leader of the Massachusetts Bay Colony who led Puritan colonists to establish an ideal Christian community; later became the colony's first governor |
| Anne Hutchinson | banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony by claiming that people's relationship with God did not need guidances from ministers; later established a colony in present day Rhode Island |
| William Penn | Quaker leader who founded the colony for Quakers in Pennsylvania; colony was based on self-government, freedom, and tolerance of others |
| Samuel Adams | colonist who helped come up with the term "No Taxation without Representation"; in part led to the Boston Tea Party |
| Paul Revere | one of the minutemen who rode out of Boston letting others know that the British were advancing |
| King George III | the king of England during the American Revolution |
| Thomas Paine | American political philosopher and author; urged for independence from England in the pamphlet "Common Sense" |
| George Washington | served as a representative to the Continental Congress; commanded the Continental Army during the American Revolution |
| Thomas Jefferson | member of both Continental Congress sessions; main author of the Declaration of Independence |
| John Paul Jones | famous American naval officer during the Revolutionary War; quoted as saying "I have not yet begun to fight!" |
| George Rogers Clark | colonial soldier who fought in the west during the American Revolution; encouraged Indian leaders to remain neutral during the war |
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