People Review

Which figure was an African American that rode with Paul Revere and was later elected to office?

• Crispus Attucks
• Phillis Wheatley
• Benjamin Banneker
• Wentworth Chestwell

Who was the Prussian that assisted Washington in training troops at Valley Forge?

• Thaddeus Kosciuszko
• Marquis de Lafayette
• Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
• Baron von Steuben

Who was the author of The Crisis and Common Sense?

• Thomas Paine
• John Adams
• George Washington
• Thomas Jefferson

Who was the leader of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War?

• George Washington
• Benjamin Franklin
• Thomas Jefferson
• John Adams

Who was the statesman that travelled to France to help negotiate the Treaty of Paris?

• Benjamin Franklin
• Thomas Jefferson
• George Washington
• John Adams

Which figure was a French ally and close friend of George Washington?

• Patrick Henry
• Marquis de Lafayette
• Samuel Adams
• Thomas Paine

What was the significance of the Treaty of Paris in ending the Revolutionary War?

• It granted land to Native American tribes
• It declared George Washington as the first president
• It established the United States as an independent nation
• It allowed Britain to maintain control over the colonies

Which figure gave a famous speech to the House of Burgesses in Virginia?

• John Hancock
• George Washington
• Samuel Adams
• Patrick Henry

Which figure was a silversmith that created propaganda to encourage anti-British sentiment and also rode to Lexington and Concord warning of impending attack?

• Benjamin Franklin
• John Hancock
• Samuel Adams
• Paul Revere

Who was the founder of the Sons of Liberty and encouraged many to rebel?

• Paul Revere
• Samuel Adams
• Benjamin Franklin
• John Hancock