List of Patriots (American Revolution)
Patriots were colonists of the Thirteen Colonies who rejected British rule during the American Revolution. Most of the individuals listed below served it in multiple capacities.
Statesmen and office holders
- John Adams (1735–1826), American statesman, Founding Father and leader of the American Revolution who served as the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801[1]
- John Dickinson
- Benjamin Franklin
- Alexander Hamilton
- John Hancock
- John Jay
- Thomas Jefferson
- Benjamin Kent
- Richard Henry Lee
- James Madison
- William Paca
- Jonathan Shipley
Businessmen and writers
Military officers
- Arthur St. Clair, Major General and 9th President of the Continental Congress
- Benjamin Loxley
- Nathanael Greene
- Nathan Hale
- Elijah Isaacs
- John Paul Jones
- Charles Lee
- Francis Marion
- Daniel Morgan
- Andrew Pickens
- John Parker
- Israel Putnam
- Daniel Shays
- Thomas Sumter
- James Mitchell Varnum
- Joseph Bradley Varnum
- Francis Vigo
- Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
- George Washington
- Anthony Wayne
- John Gano, Brigade Chaplain and friend of George Washington
African-American Patriots
References
- Cohen, Paula Marantz (2 July 2019). "John Adams Was the Most Ingenuous Founding Father". WSJ. Dow Jones & Company, Inc. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
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