People of all ages, races, sexes, nationalities, and religions contributed to the creation of the United States of America. You can learn about their stories by clicking on their names below.
There certainly was! Read about Benjamin Franklin.
There certainly was! Read bout James Monroe.
There certainly was! Read about Polly Cooper and Akiatonharónkwen.
There certainly was! Read about Salem Poor, James Armistead Lafayette, Peter Salem, Cato, and Phillis Wheatley.
There certainly was! Read about Crispus Attucks.
There certainly was! Read about Bernardo de Gálvez.
There likely was! Historical evidence suggests Revolutionary War soldiers of Asian descent - https://www.amrevmuseum.org/looking-through-the-silk-screen-asian-people-in-the-american-revolution
There certainly was! Read about Margaret Corbin, Deborah Sampson, Nancy Hart, Mercy Otis Warren, Abigail Adams, and Mary Hays.
There certainly was! Read about the Marquis de Lafayette and Tadeusz Kościuszko.
There certainly was! Read about Charles Carroll, John Barry, Stephen Moylan, and Mary Waters.
There certainly was! Read about Thomas Paine.
There certainly was! Read about Yusuf ben Ali (also known as Joseph Benenhaley).
There certainly was! Read about Haym Salomon.
There certainly was! The majority of America's Founding Fathers were of the Protestant faith, though they held a wide variety of religious views within that faith. Read about George Washington and Patrick Henry.
There certainly was! Read about Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben.
There certainly was! Read about Samuel Adams.
There certainly was! Read about John Hancock.
There certainly was! Read about Alexander Hamilton.
There certainly was! Read about James Wilson.
There certainly was! Read about Nathanael Greene.
There certainly was! Read about Thomas Jefferson.
There certainly was! Read about James Otis Jr.
A Native American Patriot? Read about the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas.
An African-American Patriot? Read about Samuel McCulloch Jr.
A Hispanic Patriot? Read about Lorenzo de Zavala, José Antonio Navarro and Juan Seguín.
A Female Patriot? Read about Francita Alavez.
An Impoverished & Divorced Patriot? Read about William B. Travis.
An Orphan Patriot? Read about Sidney Sherman.
A Disabled Patriot? Read about Erastus "Deaf" Smith.
A Runaway Patriot? Read about Sam Houston.
A Celebrity Patriot? Read about Davy Crockett.
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