People of the Revolution
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- Q1Who was a Founding Father who helped author the U.S. Constitution? He would later become our second president.Thomas JeffersonGeorge WashingtonJohn AdamsSamuel Adams30s
- Q2Who was the wife of John Adams who pressed him to give women equal status with men when forming the new government?Mercy AdamsMercy Otis WarrenEliza PinckneyAbigail Adams30s
- Q3Who was a general during the American Revolutionary War who defected to the British Army?Benedict ArnoldBaron von SteubenEthan AllenMarquis de Lafayette30s
- Q4Who was a writer who authored plays, poems and essays supporting the idea of independence?Abigail WarrenAbigail AdamsMercy AdamsMercy Otis Warren30s
- Q5Who was instrumental in buying Spanish supplies that were essential to the colonial army during the American Revolution. A city in Texas is named in his honor?Charles de MontesquieuBernardo de GalvezMarquis de LafayetteBaron von Steuben30s
- Q6Who was a member of the Sons of Liberty who started the Committee of Correspondence to stir public support for American independence?Ethan AllenCrispus AttucksSamuel AdamsJohn Adams30s
- Q7Who was Prussian military officer who helped Washington train troops at Valley Forge?Baron von SteubenWentworth CheswellCharles de MontesquieuMarquis de Lafayette30s
- Q8Who was Polish-born Jewish immigrant who helped finance the American Revolution?Baron von SteubenWentworth CheswellMarquis de LafayetteHaym Soloman30s
- Q9Who was Founding Fathers who was also a leading author, printer, political theorist, scientist, inventor, and diplomat?Thomas JeffersonBenjamin FranklinGeorge WashingtonJohn Adams30s
- Q10Who aided in the capture of Fort Ticonderoga during the American Revolution?Samuel AdamsEthan AllenCrispus AttucksWentworth Cheswell30s
- Q11Who was an African American slave who was enlisted as a patriotic spy and worked on behalf of the United States?Crispus AttucksWentworth CheswellEthan AllenJames Armistead30s
- Q12Who was a French nobleman who fought for American independence?Charles de MontesquieuBaron von SteubenHaym SolomanMarquis de Lafayette30s
- Q13Who was an African slave and the first person killed by British soldiers in a riot known as the Boston Massacre?Crispus AttucksJames ArmisteadWentworth CheswellHaym Soloman30s
- Q14Who was a founding father of the United States and a grandson of the first African American land owner in New Hampshire?Samuel AdamsJames ArmisteadCrispus AttucksWentworth Cheswell30s
- Q15Who was the Commander of the Redcoats during the American Revolution?Marquis de LafayetteBaron von SteubenLord CornwallisGeorge Washington30s