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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
Mercy Otis Warren
C
John Locke
D
Thomas Jefferson
2) Ego and poor finances caused him to betray the patriots
A
Benedict Arnold
B
Francis Marion
C
George Washington
D
Nathan Hale
3) Who was chosen to command the Continental Army?
A
George Washington
B
John Hancock
C
Daniel Morgan
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
Deborah Sampson
D
Abigail Adams
5) What slave acted as a spy for Washington's army?
A
Wentworth Cheswell
B
James Armistead
C
Haym Salomon
D
Nathan Hale
6) Whose cartoon Join or Die failed to get the colonists to agree to the Albany Plan?
A
Ben Franklin
B
Mercy Otis Warren
C
Paul Revere
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
Martha Washington
B
Molly Pitcher
C
Mercy Otis Warren
D
Abigail Adams
8) Who was the French officer that came to help George Washington and became close friends with him?
A
Burgoyne
B
Rochambeau
C
Montesquieu
D
Lafayette
9) Who was the king of England during the Revolutionary War?
A
George III
B
Richard II
C
Edward VII
D
Henry VIII
10) Who wrote Common Sense, trying to get more colonists to support independence?
A
Thomas Paine
B
Thomas Jefferson
C
John Locke
D
Ben Franklin
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 a spy for Washington's army.
B
He was an African American soldier at the Battle of Saratoga.
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
Nathan Hale
C
Patrick Henry
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
James Armistead
C
Wentworth Cheswell
D
Peter Salem
16) Who was the Spanish governor of Louisiana that sent aid to Washington's army?
A
Santa Anna
B
Lafayette
C
Burgoyne
D
Galvez
17) Who led the Green Mountain Boys on a raid at Fort Ticonderoga to get cannons for Washington's army?
A
Ethan Allen
B
Daniel Morgan
C
Francis Marion
D
Paul Revere
18) Before being executed he said that he regret that he had but one life to give for his country.
A
Nathan Hale
B
John Paul Jones
C
Haym Salomon
D
James Armistead
19) Who was one of the riders warning the people of Lexington that the British army was coming their way?
A
Wentworth Cheswell
B
Benedict Arnold
C
Patrick Henry
D
Paul Revere
20) Who spied on the British and helped finance the war?
A
James Armistead
B
John Hancock
C
Nathan Hale
D
Haym Salomon
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