USI.6c1 Key Individuals of the Revolutionary Era

Who made the daring midnight ride to warn colonists of the British invasion?

• Paul Revere

• George Washington

• Patrick Henry

• Lord Cornwallis

Who helped gain French support for American independence?

• Benjamin Franklin

• John Adams

• John Jay

• Phillis Wheatley

Who was a prominent member of the Continental Congress and helped frame the Declaration of Independence?

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

• Lord Cornwallis

• King George III

Who inspired patriotism by saying, "...GIVE ME LIBERTY, OR GIVE ME DEATH!"

• Patrick Henry

• Paul Revere

• Benedict Arnold

• George Washington

Who was commander of the Continental Army?

• George Washington

• Paul Revere

• Lord Cornwallis

• John Adams

Who was the major author of the Declaration of Independence?

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Paine

Who championed the cause of independence?

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• Patrick Henry

• Paul Revere

Who was the British King during the Revolutionary era?

• George Washington

• Lord Cornwallis

• George III

• Henry VII

Who was the British General who surrendered at Yorktown?

• George Washington

• Lord Cornwallis

• Sir Gawain

• Benjamin Franklin

Who was the slave (who eventually gained her own freedom) that wrote poems and plays supporting American independence?

• Phillis Wheatley

• Harriet Tubman

• John Adams

• Paul Revere