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Important People in the Revolutionary War

Total questions: 1

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1-15.
1.

Who was the King of England during the Revolutionary War?

a)

John Adams

b)

King George III

c)

George Washington

d)

Thomas Jefferson

2.

Which important figure wrote Common Sense attacking King George?

a)

John Adams

b)

George Washington

c)

Thomas Paine

d)

Benjamin Franklin

3.

Who warned the colonists, 'The British are coming!'?

a)

Paul Revere

b)

John Hancock

c)

Patrick Henry

d)

Thomas Jefferson

4.

Who was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence?

a)

John Adams

b)

Paul Revere

c)

John Hancock

d)

George Washington

5.

Who led the first continental army and became the first U.S. president?

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

John Adams

c)

George Washington

d)

Thomas Jefferson

6.

Who wrote about women's rights in her letters to her husband?

a)

Deborah Samson

b)

Molly Pitcher

c)

Abigail Adams

d)

Sybil Ludington

7.

Who was the leader of the Green Mountain Boys in Vermont?

a)

Peter Salem

b)

Marquis de Lafayette

c)

Ethan Allen

d)

Nathan Hale

8.

Who was the most famous traitor, an American general who turned traitor and joined the British in the middle of the war?

a)

Benedict Arnold

b)

George Washington

c)

Marquis de Lafayette

d)

General Cornwallis

9.

What was the role of women during the Revolutionary War?

a)

Led the first continental army

b)

Provided ships and training

c)

Collected food and raised money

d)

Fought in battles

10.

What was the role of Africans during the Revolutionary War?

a)

Warned the colonists, 'The British are coming!'

b)

Provided ships and training

c)

Collected food and raised money

d)

Fought in battles mainly for Patriots

11.

What was the role of other nations during the Revolutionary War?

a)

Warned the colonists, 'The British are coming!'

b)

Provided ships, training, and troops for the Patriots

c)

Fought in battles mainly for Patriots

d)

Collected food and raised money

12.

Who was the female Paul Revere, who rode at night to warn Patriots?

a)

Sybil Ludington

b)

Abigail Adams

c)

Molly Pitcher

d)

Deborah Samson

13.

Who was the African who fought with minutemen at Concord and Bunker Hill?

a)

Nathan Hale

b)

Ethan Allen

c)

Peter Salem

d)

Marquis de Lafayette

14.

Who was the French noble who fought alongside Americans?

a)

Peter Salem

b)

Ethan Allen

c)

Nathan Hale

d)

Marquis de Lafayette

15.

Who was the first African woman to have a book of poetry published, and wrote a poem about George Washington?

a)

Deborah Samson

b)

Phyllis Wheatley

c)

Sybil Ludington

d)

Molly Pitcher