Week 9 (Significant Individuals of the American Revolution)

Question 1

I wrote to my husband reminding him to "remember the ladies" who also sought to be independent

Accepted Answer

Abigail Adams

Question 2

I was a philosopher who believed in individual rights like life, liberty and property

Accepted Answer

John Locke

Question 3

I was selected to be the author of the Declaration of Independence

Accepted Answer

Thomas Jefferson

Question 4

I helped organize the Sons of Liberty and committees of correspondence

Accepted Answer

Samuel Adams

Question 5

I was a Polish born Jewish immigrant who helped finance the American Revolution

Accepted Answer

Haym Solomon

Question 6

I was a French officer who helped the Americans during the revolution

Accepted Answer

Marquis de Lafayette

Question 7

I was an orator famous for my speech "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death"

Accepted Answer

Patrick Henry

Question 8

I wrote a pamphlet called Common Sense to persuade colonists to support independence

Accepted Answer

Thomas Paine

Question 9

I was an American writer who wrote plays, poem and essays supporting the ideas of independence

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Mercy Otis Warren

Question 10

I was the ruler of England during the French & Indian War and American Revolution

Accepted Answer

King George III

Question 11

I was appointed commander of the Continental Army

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George Washington

Question 12

I was a naval hero and remembered for having said "I have not yet begun to fight"

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John Paul Jones

Question 13

I was the lawyer who defended the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre

Accepted Answer

John Adams

Question 14

I was a silversmith who warned the colonists that the British were coming

Accepted Answer

Paul Revere

Question 15

I was the first person killed during the Boston Massacre

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Crispus Attucks

Question 16

I was an African American slave used as a double agent for the Continental Army

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James Armistead

Question 17

I was the Spanish governor of Louisiana who joined the American cause during the war

Accepted Answer

Bernardo de Galvez

Question 18

I was an African-American who fought at the Battle of Saratoga

Accepted Answer

Wentworth Cheswell

Questions 18