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People of the Revolution

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

British King during the American Revolution

a)

George III

b)

George Washington

c)

Patrick Henry

d)

Marquis de Lafayette

2.

British General who surrendered at Yorktown.

a)

Lord Cornwallis

b)

Marquis de Lafayette

c)

Paul Revere

d)

James Armistead Lafayette

3.

First person killed during the Boston Massacre

a)

Crispus Attucks

b)

Phillis Wheatley

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

John Adams

4.

Defended the British soldiers following the Boston Massacre.

a)

John Adams

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Lord Cornwallis

d)

Patrick Henry

5.

Commander of the Continental Army

a)

George Washington

b)

Lord Cornwallis

c)

Thomas Paine

d)

George III

6.

Major author of the Declaration of Independence.

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

George Washington

d)

John Adams

7.

Patriot that made a daring ride to warn the colonists that "the British are coming!"

a)

Paul Revere

b)

Crispus Attucks

c)

James Armistead Lafayette

d)

Patrick Henry

8.

Outspoken member of the house of burgesses.

a)

Patrick Henry

b)

George Washington

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

John Adams

9.

"Give me liberty, or give me death"

a)

Famous quote from Patrick Henry

b)

Opening line to the Declaration of Independence

c)

Famous quote from George Washington

d)

Response to the Declaration of Independence from the King

10.

Prominent member of the Continental Congress, helped frame the Declaration of Independence

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Phillis Wheatley

d)

Thomas Paine

11.

Helped gain French support for the Revolution because he was one of the most well respected colonists.

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

George Washington

d)

Patrick Henry

12.

French nobleman who served in the Continental Army under George Washington.

a)

Marquis de Lafayette

b)

George Washington

c)

James Armistead Lafayette

d)

John Adams

13.

Enslaved African American who wrote plays and poems in support of American independence.

a)

Phillis Wheatley

b)

Crispus Attucks

c)

John Adams

d)

Paul Revere

14.

Wrote the pamphlet Common Sense.

a)

Thomas Paine

b)

Patrick Henry

c)

Paul Revere

d)

Marquis de Lafayette

15.

African American who is the first to die in the Boston Massacre.

a)

Crispus Attucks

b)

Phillis Wheatley

c)

James Armistead Lafayette

d)

Benjamin Franklin

16.

African American who served as a spy during the American Revolution.

a)

James Armistead Lafayette

b)

Crispus Attucks

c)

Patrick Henry

d)

Benjamin Franklin