NOTEWORHTY PATRIOTS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

Question 1

Finance the revolution with his own money

Accepted Answer

Charles Carroll

Question 2

Promoted democratic concepts: liberty, egalitarianism, individualism, populism, & laissez-faire

Accepted Answer

Alexis de Tocqueville

Question 3

Author of the Declaration of Independence

Accepted Answer

Thomas Jefferson

Question 4

Commanded 8th Virginia (German) Regiment and rose to the rank of general

Accepted Answer

John Peter Muhlenberg

Question 5

Supported Washington’s army with food, clothing, and munitions.

Accepted Answer

Jonathan Trumbull Sr.

Question 6

His name quickly became second only to that of George Washington as a symbol of freedom

Accepted Answer

John Hancock

Question 7

Father of American Medicine, pioneer in physiology and psychiatry

Accepted Answer

Dr. Benjamin Rush

Question 8

Recruited volunteers for the Revolutionary cause and Rose to the rank of general

Accepted Answer

John Peter Muhlenberg

Question 9

First Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and Negotiated a peace treaty with England

Accepted Answer

John Jay

Question 10

Sided early with the Patriots during the Revolutionary War and confidant to General Washington

Accepted Answer

Jonathan Trumbull Sr.

Question 11

Author of three Federalist Papers and First Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

Accepted Answer

John Jay

Question 12

Helped in the struggle for the acceptance of the Roman Catholic religion in America

Accepted Answer

Charles Carroll

Question 13

A member of the Continental Congress who participated in several congressional committees

Accepted Answer

John Witherspoon

Questions 13