Key People and Declaration of Independence Review

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Who was the author of Common Sense?

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Thomas Paine

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Who was the Commander of the Continental Army?

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George Washington

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Who was the major author of the Declaration of Independence?

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Thomas Jefferson

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Who made a daring ride to warm colonists that the British soldiers were coming?

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Paul Revere

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Promoted the cause of independence?

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John Adams

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Prominent member of the Continental Congress; helped frame the Declaration of Independence; helped gain French support for American independence

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Benjamin Franklin

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Who was an enslaved African American poet who supported independence?

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Phillis Wheatley

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British king during the Revolutionary era.

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King George III

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British general who surrendered at Yorktown

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Lord Cornwallis

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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

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Marquis de Lafayette