1) Wife of John Adams, wrote many letters encouraging her husband and stressed ideas about women’s rights. a) Wentworth Cheswell b) Sam Adams c) Thomas Paine d) Abigail Adams 2) Served in the Continental Congress and helped Jefferson write the Declaration of Independence a) James Armistead b) Crispus Attucks c) Thomas Paine d) John Adams 3) Started the Sons of Liberty, served in the Continental Congress a) Sam Adams b) Benjamin Franklin c) John Hancock d) Crispus Attucks 4) An enslaved man who became a spy for George Washington a) Wentworth Cheswell b) Patrick Henry c) Abigail Adams d) James Armistead 5) Free African American businessman who was killed at the Boston Massacre. a) Thomas Paine b) Patrick Henry c) Crispus Attucks d) Marquis de Lafayette 6) Former slave who, like Paul Revere, made a midnight ride warning that the British army was coming a) John Paul Jones b) Mercy Otis Warren c) Thomas Jefferson d) Wentworth Cheswell 7) His Albany Plan of Union from the French-Indian War inspired the Continental Congress. a) Thomas Paine b) James Armistead c) Thomas Jefferson d) Benjamin Franklin 8) His “give me liberty or give me death” speech inspired many to support American independence. a) Patrick Henry b) Crispus Attucks c) Thomas Paine d) Marquis de Lafayette 9) The main writer of the Declaration of Independence a) Sam Adams b) Thomas Jefferson c) George Washington d) Benjamin Franklin 10) French military leader who joined the American side a) Abigail Adams b) Mercy Otis Warren c) Marquis de Lafayette d) Thomas Jefferson 11) Commander of the American navy a) Thomas Jefferson b) Wentworth Cheswell c) John Paul Jones d) Sam Adams 12) Wrote the pamphlet “Common Sense,” which went viral and convinced many to support American independence. a) Thomas Paine b) Crispus Attucks c) Thomas Jefferson d) Mercy Otis Warren 13) Woman who worked with Sam Adams on the Committees of Correspondence- her letters inspired support for American Independence a) James Armistead b) George Washington c) Mercy Otis Warren d) Sam Adams 14) The General and Commander in chief of the Continental (American) Army. a) George Washington b) Mercy Otis Warren c) Thomas Jefferson d) John Hancock 15) Leader of the Continental Congress, signed his name in large letters on the Declaration of Independence. a) Thomas Jefferson b) Mercy Otis Warren c) John Hancock d) Thomas Paine 16) The King of England a) Marquis de Lafayette b) John Adams c) Benjamin Franklin d) King George III 17) Commander of His Majesty George III’s army in the 13 Colonies. a) Lord Cornwallis b) James Armistead c) Marquis de Lafayette d) John Paul Jones

Important People of the American Revolution

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