American Revolution: Who Am I?

I wrote letters and supported American independence. I said to "remember the ladies" and that women should have a voice in the laws.

• Abigail Adams

• Bernardo de Galvez

• Mercy Otis Warren

• Thomas Jefferson

I was a strong supporter of independence, representing Massachusetts in the Continental Congress even though I had defended the British soldiers in the Boston Massacre in 1770.

• John Adams

• Thomas Paine

• Thomas Jefferson

• Marquis de Lafayette

I was a leader of the Sons of Liberty and organized protests to the Stamp Act. I was involved in the Boston Massacre and Boston Tea Party.

• Samuel Adams

• Patrick Henry

• Thomas Paine

• John Adams

I wrote propaganda helping the Patriot cause and the first eyewitness history of the American Revolutionary War based on my own notes and experiences.

• Mercy Otis Warren

• George Washington

• Marquis de Lafayette

• Thomas Paine

I helped write the Declaration of Independence and served as the ambassador to France. I negotiated the alliance with France and the Treaty of Paris in 1783 that ended the war and recognized US independence.

• Ben Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

• Patrick Henry

• George Washington

I was the British King during and after the American Revolution. I was afraid of losing control of the colonies and tried to stop resistance to British taxes and laws with my policies.

• King George III

• King Henry VIII

• King James

• King Richard

I supported independence in Virginia and fought as a soldier in the Continental Army. I gave a speech saying "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!"

• Patrick Henry

• George Washington

• Marquis de Lafayette

• Thomas Jefferson

I served in the Continental Congress representing Virginia. I used John Locke's ideas when I wrote the Declaration of Independence to say all men are created equal and have unalienable rights to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"

• Thomas Jefferson

• Thomas Paine

• George Washington

• John Adams

I fought in the American Revolution as a general in the Continental Army. I helped convince the French to join the American alliance to fight against the British.

• Marquis de Lafayette

• Patrick Henry

• Benjamin Franklin

• Abigail Adams

I worked as a writer and journalist during the Revolution. I wrote "Common Sense" to persuade Americans to join the Patriot cause for independence from the British.

• Thomas Paine

• Mercy Otis Warren

• Thomas Jefferson

• Samuel Adams