Key People Of The American Revolution Question Preview (ID: 33485)


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Who wrote Common Sense that helped convince colonists to support the American Revolution?
a) Benjamin Franklin
b) John Locke
c) Thomas Paine
d) John Adams

Who was a foreign soldier and primarily trained George Washington's soldiers?
a) Marquis de Lafayette
b) Bernardo de Galvez
c) Thomas Paine
d) Baron von Steuben

Who was the British general that surrendered at Valley Forge?
a) Charles Cornwallis
b) General Howe
c) General Burgoyne
d) George Rogers Clark

Who's prominent ideology mentioned was the pursuit of happiness?
a) William Blackstone
b) John Locke
c) Patrick Henry
d) Thomas Jefferson

Which delegate, of both Continental Congresses, defended the British after the Boston Massacre?
a) Patrick Henry
b) John Adams
c) Thomas Jefferson
d) John Locke

Who was a playright and wrote plays that supported the colonists?
a) Abigail Adams
b) Molly Pitcher
c) Mercy Otis Warren
d) John Adams

Who was a traitor, because he felt he didn't get enough credit at the Battle of Saratoga?
a) Benedict Arnold
b) George Washington
c) John Paul Jones
d) Mercy Otis Warren

Who said 'Give me liberty or give me death!'
a) Patrick Henry
b) Thomas Paine
c) Sam Adams
d) John Paul Jones

Who was the Father of the American navy?
a) Crispus Attucks
b) Benjamin Franklin
c) John Paul Jones
d) Marquis de Lafayette

Who was the King of Great Britain during the American Revolution?
a) Samuel Adams
b) Mercy Otis Warren
c) John Locke
d) King George III

Who convinced France to join the war on the American side?
a) Hyam Solomon
b) Wenthworth Cheswell
c) Benjamin Franklin
d) John Adams

Who was the first person that was killed in the Boston Massacre?
a) Paul Revere
b) Crispus Attucks
c) Wentworth Cheswell
d) James Armistead

Who was the leader of the Sons of Liberty?
a) George Washington
b) John Adams
c) Samuel Adams
d) Benjamin Franklin

Who was the commander of the Continental Army?
a) George Washington
b) Thomas Jefferson
c) Patrick Henry
d) John Paul Jones

Who urged her husband to remember the ladies?
a) Paul Revere
b) John Adams
c) Mercy Otis Warren
d) Abigail Adams

Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?
a) Thomas Jefferson
b) George Washington
c) Abigail Adams
d) Thomas Paine

Who was the Spanish Governor of Louisiana and fought on the American side?
a) Bernardo de Galvez
b) Paul Revere
c) Marquis de Lafayette
d) Patrick Henry

Who greatly damaged the Redcoats' supply in the south?
a) Francis Marion
b) Baron von Steuben
c) George Rogers Clark
d) George Washington

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