VIPs American Revolution

Question 1

I was a French officer who volunteered to fight for the Americans. I helped get France to help

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Marquis de Lafayette

Question 2

I was the first African American to have her poetry published. I wrote about the patriot cause.

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Phillis Wheatley

Question 3

I was a leader in the H.O.B. I am famous for saying, "Give me liberty or give me death."

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Patrick Henry

Question 4

I revived the Boston committees of correspondence and a leader of the Sons of Liberty.

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Samuel Adams

Question 5

I wrote Common Sense and The American Crisis which argued independence and praised Patriots.

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Thomas Paine

Question 6

I fought in the French and Indian War and was commanding general of the Continental Army.

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George Washington

Question 7

I influenced the Founding Fathers, such as Jefferson and Madison in the new American govt.

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William Blackstone

Question 8

I am an African American patriot, held office in NH, and rode to warn the redcoats were coming.

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Wentworth Cheswell

Question 9

I defended the British soldiers charged in the Boston Massacre &a Continental Congress delegate

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John Adams

Question 10

I was a champion of women's rights. I expressed hopes in my letter to my husband.

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Abigail Adams

Question 11

I believed in independence, liberty, & wrote plays in support of the revolution.

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Mercy Otis Warren

Question 12

I am consider the "Father of the US Navy" bc I defeated many British warships.

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John Paul Jones

Question 13

I was a delegate to the 1st and 2nd Continental Congress &wrote the Declaration of Independence

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Thomas Jefferson

Question 14

I was Jewish immigrant who helped finance the American Revolution interest free!

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Haym Salomon

Question 15

I was the acting Spanish governor of the LA territory & supplied Patriots with supplies.

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Bernardo de Galvez

Question 16

I was a representative to France, an inventor, scientist, and helped write the D.O.I

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Benjamin Franklin

Question 17

I was a slave that was a double agent. I acquired countless important info to help win the war.

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James Armistead

Question 18

I was a philosopher who believed that governments needed to protect people's rights.

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John Locke

Question 19

I taxed the colonists without any of them represented in Parliament, and a leading in England.

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George III

Question 20

I was the first person shot at the Boston Massacre. My name is forever linked to freedom.

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Crispus Attucks

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