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| 7105363587 | John Hancock | Nicknamed "King of the Smugglers," he was a wealthy Massachusetts merchant in 1776 who was important in persuading the American colonies to declare their independence from England. He was the ringleader in storing gunpowder which resulted in the battles in Lexington and Concord. | 0 | |
| 7105367615 | Lord North | King George III's stout prime minister 1770's-1782. Governor during Boston Tea Party. | 1 | |
| 7105372085 | George Grenville | British Prime Minister from 1763-1765. To obtain funds for Britain after the costly Seven Years' War, he ordered the Navy to enforce the unpopular Navigation Laws. He had Parliament pass the Sugar Act, the Quartering Act, the Stamp Act. | 2 | |
| 7105376370 | Samuel Adams | Often called the "Penman of the Revolution," he was a master propagandist and an engineer of rebellion. He organized the local Committees of Correspondence in Massachusetts. | 3 | |
| 7105378019 | Charles Townshend | He was in control of the British ministry and persuaded Parliament in 1767 to pass regulations imposing a light import duty on glass, white lead, paper, and tea. It was a tax that the colonists were very much against. | 4 | |
| 7105382215 | John Adams | Patriot of the American Revolution and second president of the U.S. from 1796-1800. He attended the Continental Congress as a delegate from Massachusetts. | 5 | |
| 7105385056 | George III | King of England in the 1770's. | 6 | |
| 7105387246 | Baron Von Steuben | A stern, Prussian drillmaster that taught American soldiers during the Revolutionary War how to successfully fight the British | 7 |
