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People of the Revolution

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army?

a)

John Hancock

b)

John Adams

c)

George Washington

d)

George Bush

2.

He was a smuggler who hated British taxes. His signature is the largest on the Declaration of Independence

a)

Alexander Hamilton

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

John Adams

d)

John Hancock

3.

He was famous for his midnight ride to warn everyone that the British were coming.

a)

Paul Revere

b)

Benedict Arnold

c)

Horatio Gates

d)

Nathaniel Greene

4.

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

a)

John Adams

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

Benjamin Rush

5.

This man was a lawyer from Boston, a delegate to the Continental Congress, and a diplomat to France along with Benjamin Franklin

a)

John Hancock

b)

John Paul Jones

c)

John Adams

d)

John Andre

6.

He was the most famous American. He was also a successful diplomat to France.

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

George Washington

c)

Ethan Allen

d)

Alexandre Dumas

7.

He kept a journal while serving in the Continental Army. Without his journal, we wouldn't know as much about life for soldiers in the Continental Army.

a)

George Wythe

b)

Joseph Plumb Martin

c)

John Burgoyne

d)

William Howe

8.

Who wrote Common Sense?

a)

Thomas Paine

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

Joseph Plumb Martin

9.

Who said, "I am not a Virginian, I am an American?"

a)

Nathaniel Green

b)

Patrick Henry

c)

Paul Revere

d)

John Paul Jones

10.

Who surrendered to George Washington at the battle of Yorktown?

a)

John Burgoyne

b)

William Howe

c)

King George III

d)

Charles Cornwallis

11.

Who was the King of England during the Revolutionary War?

a)

King Louis XV

b)

King Phillip of Macedon

c)

King George III

d)

Emperor Napoleon of France