People of the Revolution

This person was a delegate at the 1st and 2nd Continental Congress, helped gain French support for the Continental Army and helped write the Treaty of Paris 1783.

• Crispus Attucks

• Bernardo de Galvez

• Mercy Otis Warren

• Benjamin Franklin

Who was the only African American that was killed at the Boston Massacre?

• Paul Revere

• Samuel Adams

• Crispus Attucks

• John Paul Jones

This person served in the French and Indian War, Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses, Delegate of the 1st Continental Congress and appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army.

• Wentworth Cheswell

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• Abigail Adams

This person was a lawyer who defended soldiers after the Boston Massacre, a delegate at both the 1st and 2nd Continental Congress and helped write the Declaration of Independence.

• King George III

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

• Sam Adams

This person is known for their tyrannical rule.

• King George III

• Benjamin Franklin

• Samuel Adams

• Mercy Otis Warren

This person was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses, a Delegate at the 1st Continental Congress and famous for a "Give me Liberty or Give me Death" speech.

• George Washington

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Paine

• Patrick Henry

This person founded the Sons of Liberty organization, helped organize the Boston Tea Party, helped create the Committee of Correspondence and attended the 1st Continental Congress.

• George Washington

• Samuel Adams

• John Adams

• Abigail Adams

This person was the main author of the Declaration of Independence, and a delegate at the 2nd Continental Congress.

• Thomas Jefferson

• Samuel Adams

• George Washington

• Thomas Paine

This person is the author of Common Sense and American Crisis, both of these helped gain support for the Revolutionary War.

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• Thomas Paine

• Samuel Adams

Who was a Prussian military officer who is credited with training and making the Continental Army better?

• Baron Friedrich von Steuben

• Mercy Otis Warren

• Haym Solomon

• Samuel Adams