Module 4: The American Revolution

Following the French & Indian War, British Prime Minister __________ asked Parliament to tax the colonies in order to pay off the British war debt incurred during this conflict.

• George Grenville

• William Pitt

• Winston Churchill

• George Costanza

On March 5, 1770, British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists (killing five); this event became known as the Boston Massacre. An engraving depicting this event was created that is considered to be one of the most famous pieces of war time propaganda in American History. Who produced this engraving?

• Samuel Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• Thomas Paine

• Paul Revere

The Committees of Correspondence and the Sons of Liberty both helped organize resistance against new British laws & taxes; who is credited with helping to found both of these American political organizations?

• John Adams

• Samuel Adams

• Thomas Pained

• Joe Davola

This man, who hailed from Poland, helped to train the American cavalry (soldiers who fought from horseback); he died in battle for the American cause.

• Marquis de Lafayette

• Casimir Pulaski

• Friedrich von Steuben

• Bernardo de Galvez

French noble who fought alongside the Americans; he volunteered his time and money to help the Americans win their independence from Great Britain.

• Marquis de Lafayette

• Casimir Pulaski

• Friedrich von Steuben

• Bernardo de Galvez

This fearless woman became a symbolic figure in the American Revolutionary War for her work delivering water to men on the battlefield (nicknamed "Molly Pitcher"); she even took her husband's place loading cannons following an injury he sustained during the Battle of Monmouth.

• Deborah Sampson

• Betsy Ross

• Mary Ludwig Hayes

• Abigail Adams

This man was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence; he would later serve as the third President of the United States.

• George Washington

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison

Writer and philosopher who supported the revolutionary causes in America; wrote "Common Sense" and "The Crisis", both of which advocated for independence from Great Britain.

• Thomas Paine

• Ethan Allen

• George Rogers Clarke

• Pete Alonso

Who was the commander of the Continental Army?

• Benedict Arnold

• Ethan Allen

• Charles Cornwallis

• George Washington

One of many riders who sounded the alarm "The British are coming" as the Redcoats marched towards Concord to capture the Minutemen's weapons.

• Paul Revere

• Benedict Arnold

• Samuel Adams

• Josiah Quincy