The American Revolution Experience
How were the lives of ordinary people affected by the events of the American Revolutionary War? As tensions mounted across the Thirteen Colonies, the entire Revolutionary Generation was faced with a difficult choice: to pledge loyalty to the Patriot cause and the prospect of a new nation, or remain loyal to the King as subjects of the British Empire. How would you choose?
American Battlefield TrustDaughters of the American Revolution
Peggy Shippen Arnold 
An attractive socialite who secretly helped facilitate treason
Sarah Osborn Benjamin Supporting the patriot frontlines during the American Revolution
Thomas Brown A loyalist who endured torture and eventually exile
Michel Capitaine du Chesnoy A Frenchman who mapped the Revolution
Bernardo de Gálvez An unlikely ally
Winsor Fry Former slave fighting as a patriot, and navigating life in a new nation
Christopher Greene Leader of an integrated regiment that died on the battlefield
Button Gwinnett One of only 8 delegates who were British-born.
Faith Trumbull Huntington Witness to carnage that was too much to bear
Stephen Tainter A young patriot who carried a drum instead of a gun
Han Yerry Tewahangaraghkan Forced to choose a side
Thayendanegea A Mohawk leader aligned with the British
Harry Washington A slave of George Washington who found freedom fighting for the loyalists.
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