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American Revolution Historical Figures
Test Description: Identify the historical figure being described.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
A
Thomas Paine
B
John Locke
C
Mercy Otis Warren
D
Thomas Jefferson
2) Ego and poor finances caused him to betray the patriots
A
Francis Marion
B
Benedict Arnold
C
George Washington
D
Nathan Hale
3) Who was chosen to command the Continental Army?
A
Daniel Morgan
B
John Hancock
C
George Washington
D
Nathanael Greene
4) What woman's writings supported independence and ridiculed anyone still loyal to King George III?
A
Molly Pitcher
B
Mercy Otis Warren
C
Abigail Adams
D
Deborah Sampson
5) What slave acted as a spy for Washington's army?
A
Wentworth Cheswell
B
Nathan Hale
C
James Armistead
D
Haym Salomon
6) Whose cartoon Join or Die failed to get the colonists to agree to the Albany Plan?
A
Paul Revere
B
Mercy Otis Warren
C
Ben Franklin
D
Thomas Paine
7) She wanted to protect the rights of women, so she told her husband to Remember the Ladies when creating the Declaration of Independence.
A
Molly Pitcher
B
Mercy Otis Warren
C
Martha Washington
D
Abigail Adams
8) Who was the French officer that came to help George Washington and became close friends with him?
A
Montesquieu
B
Burgoyne
C
Rochambeau
D
Lafayette
9) Who was the king of England during the Revolutionary War?
A
Edward VII
B
Richard II
C
George III
D
Henry VIII
10) Who wrote Common Sense, trying to get more colonists to support independence?
A
Ben Franklin
B
Thomas Jefferson
C
John Locke
D
Thomas Paine
11) What lawyer defended the soldiers from the Boston Massacre and later helped create the Declaration of Independence?
A
Paul Revere
B
Patrick Henry
C
John Adams
D
Sam Adams
12) Who was Wentworth Cheswell?
A
He was an African American soldier at the Battle of Saratoga.
B
He was a spy for Washington's army.
C
He was killed at the Boston Massacre.
D
He helped finance the Revolutionary War.
13) Who said -- Give me Liberty, or give me Death?
A
Thomas Paine
B
Patrick Henry
C
Nathan Hale
D
John Paul Jones
14) Who organized both the Boston Tea Party and the committees of correspondence?
A
George Washington
B
Paul Revere
C
John Adams
D
Sam Adams
15) What African American died at the Boston Massacre?
A
Crispus Attucks
B
Peter Salem
C
James Armistead
D
Wentworth Cheswell
16) Who was the Spanish governor of Louisiana that sent aid to Washington's army?
A
Santa Anna
B
Galvez
C
Lafayette
D
Burgoyne
17) Who led the Green Mountain Boys on a raid at Fort Ticonderoga to get cannons for Washington's army?
A
Daniel Morgan
B
Paul Revere
C
Ethan Allen
D
Francis Marion
18) Before being executed he said that he regret that he had but one life to give for his country.
A
James Armistead
B
John Paul Jones
C
Haym Salomon
D
Nathan Hale
19) Who was one of the riders warning the people of Lexington that the British army was coming their way?
A
Patrick Henry
B
Paul Revere
C
Benedict Arnold
D
Wentworth Cheswell
20) Who spied on the British and helped finance the war?
A
James Armistead
B
Nathan Hale
C
John Hancock
D
Haym Salomon
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