Key People of the Revolution

He warned the colonists that the "regulars were coming"

• Paul Revere

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• Patrick Henry

He wrote the Declaration of Independence in 1776

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• Ethan Allen

• Samuel Adams

He led the Continental Army to fight the British

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

• Paul Revere

Said the famous words, "Give me liberty, or give me death!"

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• Patrick Henry

• Ethan Allen

He went to France to get help from them for the colonies during the Revolutionary War

• Ben Franklin

• George Washington

• Paul Revere

• Thomas Jefferson

Which monarch ruled Great Britain during the 1770's?

• King James
• King Charles II
• Queen Elizabeth
• King George III

The Proclamation of 1763 restricted--

• colonists from moving back to Great Britain.
• the western movement of settlers.
• the control of colonial legislatures.
• the amount of tea imported from Europe.

Paul Revere became famous as a patriot who--

• gained Spain's support for American independence.
• was a member of the Continental Congress.
• saved the lives of many patriots as a battlefield doctor.
• made a daring ride to warn colonists of the British arrival in Lexington.

Who was a former enslaved African American who wrote poems and plays supporting American independence?

• Harriet Tubman
• Frederick Douglass
• Phillis Wheatley
• Paul Revere

Who was the Commander of the Continental Army during the American Revolution?

• George Washington
• Lord Charles Cornwallis
• Patrick Henry
• Samuel Adams