GEORGE
​WASHINGTON

VIRGINA
​(1732-1799)

• British colonial officer who helped ignite the French & Indian War

WILLIAM 
​PITT

BRITAIN
​(1708-1778)

• Prime Minister during the French & Indian War
• leadership led to British colonial dominance 

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PONTIAC

OTTAWA (Michigan/Ohio)
​(1720-1769)

• War chief who led resistance to British rule following the French & Indian War

KING
GEORGE III

BRITAIN
(1738-1820)

• ​British monarch reviled by the American colonists as a tyrant

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SAMUEL 
ADAMS 

MASSACHUSETTS
(1722-1803)

• seen by many as the "father of the Revolution"
• helped organize the Committee of Correspondence

PAUL 
REVERE

NEW ENGLAND
​(1735-1818)

• famous midnight rider who warned the militia prior to the Battles of Lexington & Concord