USI.6c Revolutionary War Key People Question Preview (ID: 12889)


USI.6c The Student Will Demonstrate Knowledge Of The Causes And Results Of The American Revolution By Describing The Roles Of Key Individuals In The American Revolution, With Emphasis On George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, And Patrick. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

Who wrote the pamphlet, Common Sense, encouraging colonists to consider independence?
a) Thomas Paine
b) Thomas Jefferson
c) John Adams
d) Benjamin Franklin

Who was the slave (who eventually gained her own freedom) that wrote poems and plays supporting American independence?
a) Phillis Wheatley
b) Hariet Tubman
c) John Adams
d) Paul Revere

Who made the daring midnight ride to warn colonists of the British invasion?
a) Paul Revere
b) George Washington
c) Patrick Henry
d) Lord Cornwallis

Who helped gain French support for American independence?
a) Benjamin Franklin
b) John Adams
c) John Jay
d) Phillis Wheatley

Who was a prominent member of the Continental Congress and helped frame the Declaration of Independence?
a) Benjamin Franklin
b) Thomas Jefferson
c) Lord Cornwallis
d) King George III

Who inspired patriotism by saying, GIVE ME LIBERTY, OR GIVE ME DEATH
a) Patrick Henry
b) Paul Revere
c) Benedict Arnold
d) George Washington

Who was the major author of the Declaration of Independence?
a) Thomas Jefferson
b) Benjamin Franklin
c) George Washington
d) Phillis Wheatley

Who was commander of the Continental Army?
a) George Washington
b) Paul Revere
c) Lord Cornwallis
d) John Adams

Who was the British General who surrendered at Yorktown
a) George Washington
b) Lord Cornwallis
c) Sir Gawain
d) Benjamin Franklin

Who championed the cause of independence?
a) John Adams
b) Patrick Henry
c) Paul Revere
d) Thomas Jefferson

Who was the British King during the Revolutionary era?
a) George Washington
b) Lord Cornwallis
c) George III
d) Henry VII

Who was the French nobleman responsible for getting French aid for the colonists and who fought with the Continental Army, helping achieve victory at Yorktown?
a) Marquis de Lafayette
b) Benjamin Franklin
c) Baron von Steuben
d) Lord Cornwallis

Who was the first man shot at the Boston Massacre?
a) Crispus Attucks
b) Paul Revere
c) James Armistead
d) Charles Cornwallis

Who was the slave that spied on the British army to help the Americans?
a) James Armistead Lafayette
b) Phillis Wheatley
c) Crispus Attucks
d) Paul Revere

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