American Revolution: Key People

Question 1

Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Jefferson

Question 2

Who was the Commander of the Continental Army?

Accepted Answer

George Washington

Question 3

Who promoted the cause for independence?

Accepted Answer

John Adams

Question 4

Who made a daring ride to warn the colonists of British arrival?

Accepted Answer

Paul Revere

Question 5

Who was the British general who surrendered at Yorktown?

Accepted Answer

Lord Cornwallis

Question 6

Who was from Virginia and served as a spy in the Continental Army?

Accepted Answer

James Armistead Lafayette

Question 7

Who wrote poems and plays supporting American independence?

Accepted Answer

Phillis Wheatley

Question 8

Who was a prominent member of the Sons of Liberty?

Accepted Answer

Sam Adams

Question 9

Who was the first person to die in the Boston Massacre?

Accepted Answer

Crispus Attucks

Question 10

Who was the British King during the Revolutionary era?

Accepted Answer

King George III

Question 11

Who wrote the pamphlet "Common Sense," which promoted the cause for American Independence?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Paine

Question 12

Who was a prominent member of the Continental Congress and helped gain support of the French?

Accepted Answer

Benjamin Franklin

Question 13

Who was the French nobleman who served in the Continental Army?

Accepted Answer

Marquis de Lafayette

Question 14

Who said "Give me liberty or give me death?

Accepted Answer

Patrick Henry

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