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British King during the Revolutionary era
a) King George III
b) King Henry VIII
c) King Phillip
d) King Edward

British general who surrendered at Yorktown
a) George Washington
b) Thomas Paine
c) The Marquis de Lafayette
d) Lord Cornwallis

Championed the cause of independence
a) Patrick Henry
b) Benjamin Franklin
c) John Adams
d) Thomas Jefferson

Commander of the Continental Army
a) Lord Cornwallis
b) Benjamin Franklin
c) George Washington
d) Thomas Paine

Major author of the Declaration of Independence
a) Thomas Jefferson
b) Thomas Paine
c) Patrick Henry
d) Marquis de Lafayette

Outspoken member of the House of Burgesses; inspired colonial patriotism with his GIVE ME LIBERTY or GIVE ME DEATH speech
a) John Adams
b) Patrick Henry
c) Thomas Paine
d) Benjamin Franklin

Wrote the pamphlet COMMON SENSE, promoting American independence
a) Lord Cornwallis
b) John Adams
c) George Washington
d) Thomas Paine

Prominent member of the Continental Congress; helped frame the Declaration of Independence; helped gain French support for American independence
a) Marquis de Lafayette
b) Benjamin Franklin
c) Patrick Henry
d) Thomas Jefferson

French nobleman who served in the Continental Army; worked with the king of France to send French troops, ships, and funds that assisted the colonists in the American Revolution and contributed to the victory at Yorktown
a) Lord Cornwallis
b) John Adams
c) Marquis de Lafayette
d) Thomas Jefferson

Enslaved African American who wrote poems and plays supporting American independence and who eventually gained her freedom
a) Moses Franklin
b) Phyllis Wheatley
c) Harriet Tubman
d)

Patriot who make a daring ride to warn colonists of British arrival
a) Paul Revere
b) Thomas Paine
c) George Washington
d) Thomas Jefferson

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