People of the Revolution

Who was the Commander of the Continental Army?

• George Washington

• Samuel Adams

• John Adams

• Patrick Henry

What does Continental mean?

• Land

• American

• French

• European

Who was married to John Adams

• Mercy Owens Adams

• Elizabeth Adams

• Abigail Adams

• Mary Adams

Who was the first casualty of the American Revolution?

• Wentworth Cheswell

• James Amistad

• Patrick Henry

• Crispus Attucks

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

• Patrick Henry

• Sam Adams

• John Paul Jones

• Thomas Paine

Who was the journalist that wrote, "Common Sense"?

• Marquis de Lafayette

• Sam Adams

• Thomas Paine

• John Adams

Who defended the British soldiers after the Boston Massacre?

• Thomas Paine

• Ben Franklin

• Sam Adams

• John Adams

Who was the French Ambassador that got the King to help the Patriots?

• Ben Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

• Wentworth Cheswell

Who was captain of the Navy?

• Mercy Otis Warren

• Crispus Attucks

• James Amistad

• John Paul Jones

Who was the French military officer that used his own money to buy clothes for the Patriots?

• King Louis XVI

• Marquis de Lafayette

• Jean Paul Jones

• Pierre Jacques