WorksheetsHeroes of the American Revolution
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
This heroin of the American Revolution disguised herself as a man to fight as a soldier against the British. She hid her secret for three years before it was found out she was a woman.
Abigail Adams
Deborah Sampson
Mercy Otis Warren
"Molly Pitcher"
She used her talents as a writer to convince many people to fight in the American Revolution, her letters, poems, and plays helped to convince colonists to fight against the British.
Abigail Adams
Martha Washington
Mercy Otis Warren
Deborah Sampson
As the wife of the Commanding officer of the Continental Army, this heroin's contribution was to supply soldiers with food and supplies from her own home. She organized other women to do the same.
Abigail Adams
Mercy Otis Warren
Deborah Sampson
Martha Washington
This heroin of the American Revolution is known for advocating for Women's rights. In her letters to her husband, she wrote: "Remember the Ladies."
Abigail Adams
Mercy Otis Warren
Deborah Sampson
Martha Washington
This French ally was incredibly influential in helping the Patriots win their independence. He fough bravly in many battles, he joined Washington at Valley Forge, wrote to encourage the French to help the Continental Army.
Bernardo de Galvez
Barron von Steuben
Marquis de Lafayette
Hyam Solomon
This Prussian ally volunteered to serve in the Continental Army without pay. He joined Washington and Valley Forge and trained the Continetal Army.
Marquis de Lafayette
Batton Von Steuben
Bernardo de Galvez
Haym Solomon
This Polish immigrant is known as the "financial hero" of the American Revolution. He helped to secure the needed funds to fight the war. He raised money to pay soldiers, and purchase supplies for the Continental Army.
Marquis de Lafayette
Bernardo de Galvez
Barron Von Steuben
Haym Solomon
Thousands of enslaved Africans ran away to fight with the British. These runaway slaves were promised freedom if they joined the British Army. These African American soldiers were known as ______.
Buffalo Soldiers
The Massachessetts 54th
The "A" Team
The Ethiopian Regiment
This enslaved Afrian American posed as a runaway slave and joined the British camps of Benedict Arnold and Lord Cornwalis. He was able to spy on the British and provided essential informatio that led to the defeat of the British at the Battle of Yorktown.
Crispus Attucks
James Armistead
Colonel Tye
Wentworth Cheswell
This mixed race American was a merchant and seaman, he was part of the group of colonist that ended up fighting with British soldiers in Boston. This fight became known as the Boston Massacre, he is considered to be the first person killed in the American Revolution.
James Armistead
Colonel Tye
Wentworth Cheswell
Crispus Attucks
This African American Patriot is known for riding with Paul Revere to warn the people of Portsmouth Massachusettes that the British were coming. He also fought in the Continental Army at Battle of Saratoga.
James Armistead
Colonel Tye
Wentworth Chesswell
Crispus Attucks
This Patriot is know as the naval hero of the American Revolution, this Scottish immigrant led several ships and took the war to the British. His famous words are, "I have not yet begun to fight!"
John Hancock
John Paul Jones
Samuel Adams
Patrick Henry
This Patriot was a lawyer from Massachusettes, he defended the British soldiers accused of murder during the Boston Massacre, he served in the 1st and 2nd Continental Congress, he was apart of the comittee that drafted the Declartion of Independence, and served as an ambassador to England.
Samuel Adams
John Adams
Abigail Adams
John Q. Adams
This Boston Patriot organized resistance to British rule. He founded the Sons of Liberty to harassa tax collectors, they staged the Boston Tea Party to protest the Tea Act.
Samuel Adams
John Adams
Abigial Adams
John Q. Adams
This Patriot from Virginia is known for delivering passionate speeches against British taxation. He is known for his "Give me liberty, or give me death!" speech. He also seved in the Continental Army.
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
Alexander Hamilton
Patrick Henry
This Patriot from Virginia is known as the main author of the Declaration of Independence.
Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
This Patriot was named Comanding Officer of the Continental Army.
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Patrick Henry
This Patriot wrote a pamphlet called Common Sense in which he questioned the right of the king to have power over the people. This helped to convince many to fight for Independence.
Thomas Paine
Thomas Jefferson
Marquis de Lafayette
Paul Revere
This immigrant and patriot caught the attention of George Washington. Washington named him as his assistant and trusted advisor, he led troops against the British in the Battle of Yorktown.
Thomas Jefferson
Alexander Hamilton
Marquis de Lafayette
Patrick Henry
This patriot from Philadelphia served on the comittee of five that drafted the Declaration of Independence, he was a signer of the Declartion of Independence, and an amabassador to France.
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Thomas Paine
