People of the Revolution

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

• Benjamin Franklin
• John Adams
• Samuel Adams
• Thomas Jefferson

What was the most important thing King George III did?

• Led the Continental Army
• Started the Revolutionary War because he taxed colonists
• Convinced France to help in the Revolutionary War
• Sold American secrets to the British

George Washington did all of the following EXCEPT

• Lead the Continental Army
• Serve as the first president of the United States
• Want independence from England
• Sign the Declaration of Independence

What did Benjamin Franklin do?

• Led the Continental Army
• Convinced France to help in the Revolutionary War
• Said, "Give me Liberty or Give me Death!"
• Rode to warn colonists that the British were coming

Benedict Arnold is famous because...

• he sold American secrets to the British
• he wrote the booklet "Common Sense"
• he led the British Army
• he helped get the Treaty of Paris signed

All of the following are TRUE about Samuel Adams EXCEPT

• he was a member of the Sons of Liberty
• he is considered a Founding Father of our country
• he wrote the Declaration of Independence
• he signed the Declaration of Independence

Member of the Sons of Liberty &"Give me liberty or give me death!"

• Benjamin Franklin
• John Paul Jones
• John Adams
• Patrick Henry

Propagandist writer, wrote "Common Sense"

• Samuel Adams
• Patrick Henry
• Thomas Paine
• Paul Revere

Commander of the Continental Army & delegate of the Continental Congress

• George Washington
• Thomas Jeffesron
• Paul Revere
• Wentworth Cheswell

Oprressed the colonists and pushed them to revolution

• King George III
• Marquis de Lafayette
• Patrick Henry
• Samuel Adams