English > American Revolutionary leader: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | A nationalist leader in the American Revolution and in the creation of the United States. |
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| Instances | Adams, Sam Adams, Samuel Adams | American Revolutionary leader and patriot |
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| Dawes, William Dawes | American patriot who rode with Paul Revere to warn that the British were advancing on Lexington and Concord (1745-1799) |
| Franklin, Benjamin Franklin | printer whose success as an author led him to take up politics |
| Hale, Nathan Hale | A soldier of the American Revolution who was hanged as a spy by the British |
| Hancock, John Hancock | American revolutionary patriot who was president of the Continental Congress |
| Henry, Patrick Henry | A leader of the American Revolution and a famous orator who spoke out against British rule of the American colonies (1736-1799) |
| Hopkinson, Francis Hopkinson | American Revolutionary leader and patriot |
| Huntington, Samuel Huntington | American revolutionary leader who signed the Declaration of Independence and was president of the Continental Congress (1731-1796) |
| Laurens, Henry Laurens | leader of the American Revolution and president of the Continental Congress (1724-1792) |
| Lee, Richard Henry Lee | leader of the American Revolution who proposed the resolution calling for independence of the American Colonies (1732-1794) |
| Livingston, Robert R. Livingston | American Revolutionary leader who served in the Continental Congress and as minister to France (1746-1813) |
| Mason, George Mason | American Revolutionary leader from Virginia whose objections led to the drafting of the Bill of Rights (1725-1792) |
| Morris, Robert Morris | leader of the American Revolution who signed the Declaration of Independence and raised money for the Continental Army (1734-1806) |
| Paine, Tom Paine, Thomas Paine | American Revolutionary leader and pamphleteer (born in England) who supported the American colonist's fight for independence and supported the French Revolution (1737-1809) |
| Paine, Robert Treat Paine | American Revolutionary leader and signer of the Declaration of Independence (1731-1814) |
| Paterson, William Patterson | American Revolutionary leader (born in Ireland) who was a member of the Constitutional Convention (1745-1806) |
| Quincy, Josiah Quincy | American patriot who presented the colonists' grievances to the English king (1744-1775) |
| Revere, Paul Revere | American silversmith remembered for his midnight ride (celebrated in a poem by Longfellow) to warn the colonists in Lexington and Concord that British troops were coming (1735-1818) |
| Rush, Benjamin Rush | physician and American Revolutionary leader |
| Salomon, Haym Salomon | American financier and American Revolutionary War patriot who helped fund the army during the American Revolution (1740?-1785) |
| Sherman, Roger Sherman | American Revolutionary leader and signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation and the United States Constitution (1721-1793) |
| Steuben, Baron Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin von Steuben | American Revolutionary leader (born in Prussia) who trained the troops under George Washington (1730-1794) |
| Trumbull, Jonathan Trumbull | American Revolutionary leader who as governor of Connecticut provided supplies for the Continental Army (1710-1785) |
| Wilson, James Wilson | American Revolutionary leader who was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence (1742-1798) |
| Witherspoon, John Witherspoon | American Revolutionary leader and educator (born in Scotland) who signed of the Declaration of Independence and was president of the college that became Princeton University (1723-1794) |
| Broader | nationalist leader | The leader of a nationalist movement |
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| Spanish | líder revolucionario estadounidense |
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