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13–0

Drafting Independence — Full Roster

Every historical figure in the game, organized by colony. Use this to study up before you muster your team!

Massachusetts

  • Military CommanderPower 7/10
    Henry Knox
    A Boston bookseller who taught himself artillery tactics from books and became Washington's chief of artillery.
  • Political LeaderPower 8/10
    Samuel Adams
    Organized the Sons of Liberty and pushed the colonies toward declaring independence.
  • DiplomatPower 8/10
    John Adams
    Negotiated loans and recognition from the Netherlands and helped secure the Treaty of Paris.
  • FinancierPower 7/10
    John Hancock
    Wealthy merchant who bankrolled militia units and presided over the Continental Congress.
  • Spy / MessengerPower 6/10
    Paul Revere
    Silversmith who rode through the night to warn Patriot leaders that British troops were coming.

Virginia

  • Military CommanderPower 10/10
    George Washington
    Commander-in-chief of the Continental Army for the entire war.
  • Political LeaderPower 8/10
    Patrick Henry
    His 'Give me liberty or give me death' speech pushed Virginia toward armed resistance.
  • Political LeaderPower 8/10
    Thomas Jefferson
    Wartime governor of Virginia and principal author of the Declaration of Independence.
  • DiplomatPower 6/10
    Arthur Lee
    Virginia-born diplomat who worked alongside Franklin to secure French support.
  • FinancierPower 6/10
    Peyton Randolph
    Wealthy planter and the first president of the Continental Congress, who helped fund early resistance.
  • Spy / MessengerPower 7/10
    James Armistead
    An enslaved Virginian who worked as a double agent, feeding false information to the British while reporting their real plans to the Continental Army; he later won his freedom for it.

Pennsylvania

  • Military CommanderPower 7/10
    Anthony Wayne
    Aggressive Pennsylvania general nicknamed 'Mad Anthony' for his bold tactics.
  • Political LeaderPower 6/10
    John Dickinson
    Known as the 'Penman of the Revolution' for his widely read essays opposing British taxes.
  • DiplomatPower 10/10
    Benjamin Franklin
    Secured the crucial French alliance that turned the tide of the war.
  • FinancierPower 8/10
    Robert Morris
    Called the 'Financier of the Revolution' for personally arranging loans and supplies to keep the army running.
  • Spy / MessengerPower 6/10
    Lydia Darragh
    A Philadelphia Quaker said to have overheard British plans and warned Washington in time to prepare.

New York

  • Military CommanderPower 8/10
    Alexander Hamilton
    Young artillery officer and Washington's trusted aide-de-camp.
  • Political LeaderPower 6/10
    John Jay
    New York delegate to the Continental Congress who later helped negotiate peace with Britain.
  • DiplomatPower 7/10
    Robert R. Livingston
    Member of the five-person committee that drafted the Declaration of Independence; later became the nation's first Secretary of Foreign Affairs.
  • FinancierPower 6/10
    Gouverneur Morris
    Helped design the young nation's finance system as assistant to Robert Morris.
  • Spy / MessengerPower 6/10
    Robert Townsend
    Secret member of the Culper Spy Ring who fed Washington intelligence from British-occupied New York.

South Carolina

  • Military CommanderPower 7/10
    Francis Marion
    Called the 'Swamp Fox' for his hit-and-run guerrilla tactics in the Carolina backcountry.
  • Political LeaderPower 6/10
    Christopher Gadsden
    Organized South Carolina's Sons of Liberty and designed the 'Don't Tread on Me' flag.
  • DiplomatPower 6/10
    Henry Laurens
    Appointed diplomat to the Netherlands, but captured by the British at sea and imprisoned in the Tower of London.
  • FinancierPower 6/10
    Henry Middleton
    One of the wealthiest rice planters in the colonies and president of the First Continental Congress, helping fund early resistance efforts.
  • Spy / MessengerPower 5/10
    Emily Geiger
    A teenager who carried secret dispatches through enemy territory, reportedly swallowing the message to avoid capture.

Connecticut

  • Military CommanderPower 6/10
    Israel Putnam
    Led Connecticut troops at the Battle of Bunker Hill.
  • Political LeaderPower 7/10
    Roger Sherman
    The only person to sign the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution.
  • DiplomatPower 6/10
    Silas Deane
    America's first diplomat sent to France, arranging early secret aid before the alliance was official.
  • FinancierPower 6/10
    Jeremiah Wadsworth
    Commissary General who kept the Continental Army supplied and fed.
  • Spy / MessengerPower 5/10
    Nathan Hale
    Captured while spying for the Continental Army; said to have declared, 'I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country,' before his execution.

New Hampshire

  • Military CommanderPower 7/10
    John Stark
    Led New Hampshire militia to a decisive victory at the Battle of Bennington; later famous for coining 'Live Free or Die.'
  • Political LeaderPower 7/10
    Josiah Bartlett
    New Hampshire delegate who was the first, after John Hancock, to vote for independence and sign the Declaration.
  • FinancierPower 7/10
    John Langdon
    Wealthy merchant and shipbuilder who personally financed New Hampshire's militia expedition to Bennington out of his own fortune.

Rhode Island

  • Military CommanderPower 8/10
    Nathanael Greene
    Rhode Island-born general who became one of Washington's most trusted commanders and led the successful Southern campaign.
  • Political LeaderPower 6/10
    Stephen Hopkins
    Longtime Rhode Island governor and signer of the Declaration of Independence.
  • FinancierPower 6/10
    Nicholas Brown
    Prominent Providence merchant whose family fortune helped fund Rhode Island's war effort and privateering fleet.

New Jersey

  • Military CommanderPower 7/10
    William Alexander (Lord Stirling)
    New Jersey general who fought at Trenton, Princeton, and Monmouth, and remained fiercely loyal to Washington.
  • Political LeaderPower 7/10
    William Livingston
    New Jersey's wartime governor who rallied the state's militia and later helped draft the U.S. Constitution.
  • Spy / MessengerPower 6/10
    John Honeyman
    A butcher and weaver who posed as a loyalist to gather intelligence on Hessian positions before Washington's attack on Trenton.

Delaware

  • Military CommanderPower 6/10
    John Haslet
    Led the Delaware Continental line, known as the 'Delaware Blues,' and was killed at the Battle of Princeton.
  • Political LeaderPower 7/10
    Caesar Rodney
    Rode all night through a storm to reach Philadelphia in time to cast Delaware's deciding vote for independence.

Maryland

  • Military CommanderPower 7/10
    William Smallwood
    Led the Maryland Continental line, later called the 'Maryland 400,' in a legendary rear-guard stand at the Battle of Brooklyn.
  • Political LeaderPower 7/10
    Samuel Chase
    Maryland delegate and fiery advocate for independence who signed the Declaration.
  • FinancierPower 8/10
    Charles Carroll of Carrollton
    The wealthiest man in the colonies and the only Catholic signer of the Declaration, who used his fortune to help finance the war.

North Carolina

  • Military CommanderPower 6/10
    Francis Nash
    North Carolina general killed at the Battle of Germantown; the city of Nashville, Tennessee is named in his honor.
  • Political LeaderPower 6/10
    William Hooper
    North Carolina delegate to the Continental Congress and signer of the Declaration of Independence.

Georgia

  • Military CommanderPower 6/10
    Lachlan McIntosh
    Commanded Georgia's Continental Army forces and later led the defense of the western frontier.
  • Political LeaderPower 6/10
    Button Gwinnett
    Signer of the Declaration of Independence who briefly served as Georgia's president.

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