People of the Revolutionary War

Who was King of England during the war?

• George Washington

• Georege III

• Ben Franklin

• Phillis Wheatley

Who surrendered at Yorktown?

• George III

• George Washington

• Paul Revere

• Lord Cornwallis

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

• George Washington

• Ben Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

Who warned the colonists that the Redcoats were coming?

• Ben Franklin

• Paul Revere

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

Who wrote plays and poems about American independence?

• Phillis Wheatley

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

• Ben Franklin

Who promoted independence?

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• Benjamin Franklin

Who was an enslaved African American that served as a spy for the colonies?

• James Armistead Lafayette

• Marquis de Lafayette

• Harriet Tubman

• Phillis Wheatley

Who was the commander of the Continental Army?

• George Washington

• Paul Revere

• Samuel Adams

• Lord Cornwallis

Who went to France to convince them to support the colonists?

• Benjamin Franklin

• George Washington

• Phillis Wheatley

• Patrick Henry

Who said, "Give me liberty, or give me death!"

• Patrick Henry

• John Adams

• Samuel Adams

• Thomas Jefferson