Who was the Commander of the Continental Army?

George Washington

Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence and our foreign minister to France during the American Revolution?

Thomas Jefferson

Who was the King of Great Britain during the American Revolution who disbanded the colonial legislatures, taxed the colonies, and refused the Olive Branch Petition leading to the final break with the colonies?

King George III

Who was a founder of the Sons of Liberty who started the Committees of Correspondence to stir public support for American independence, and organized the Boston Tea Party (an act of civil disobedience)?

Samuel Adams

Who was a member of Sons of Liberty, Boston silversmith, created Boston Massacre engraving, rode to Lexington and Concord warning of the arrival of the British?

Paul Revere

Who said “Give me liberty or give me death” in a speech to convince people to join the Revolutionary war.

Patrick Henry

Who was an inventor, statesman, diplomat, and signer of the Declaration of Independence. He negotiated the alliance with France and then the Treaty of Paris which ended the war. He also participated in the U.S. Constitutional Convention in 1787.

Benjamin Franklin

Who was the lawyer who argued that the British soldiers at the Boston Massacre acted in self- defense and were innocent.

John Adams

Who was a French noble who came to America to support the Revolution. He became good friends with General Washington and was with him at Valley Forge?

Marquis de Lafayette

Who wrote pamphlets like Common Sense to encourage American independence?

Thomas Paine

Who was an African-American patriot during the American Revolution, made a midnight run to New Hampshire to warn of a British invasion, and fought with Continental Army at Saratoga?

Wentworth Cheswell

Who was an American patriot, wife of John Adams, and early supporter of women’s rights?

Abigail Adams

Who was an American patriot woman, famous for writing anti-British Revolutionary poetry and books? Wrote first history book on the American Revolution from her notes.

Mercy Otis Warren

Who was a former slave, served in the Continental Army under Marquis de Lafayette, was also a spy for the Americans?

James Armistead

Who was a Spanish naval commander who helped the Continental Army defeat a British fleet at New Orleans, and secure the Gulf of Mexico?

Bernardo de Galvez

Who was a privateer credited with starting the U.S. Navy. Fought British at sea and won.

John Paul Jones

Who was an African- American patriot shot and killed at the Boston Massacre? (1 st American to be killed by the British)

Crispus Attucks

Who was a polish-born Jewish immigrant, banker and financier, and supplied the U.S. government with loans to finance the Revolutionary War?

Haym Solomon

Where were the first shots and battle of the American Revolution?

Lexington and Concord

What was the turning point during the American Revolution that convinced the French to help the Patriots?

Battle of Saratoga

What was the final battle of the American Revolution where the British army surrendered?

Battle of Yorktown

What was the treaty that ended the American Revolution and forced Britain to recognize the United States as an independent nation?

Treaty of Paris of 1783

What were the colonists who supported Great Britain during the American Revolution called?

Loyalists

What were the colonists who favored independence from Great Britain during the American Revolution called?

Patriots

Who was a Puritan leader, founder of Connecticut, and main writer of the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut? He believed all men should be able to vote.

Thomas Hooker

Who founded Pennsylvania for the Quakers, where he wrote a constitution that limited the power of government, provided a humane penal code, and guaranteed many fundamental liberties?

William Penn

Who was a French philosopher whose ideas of separation of powers and checks and balances inspired Jefferson and Madison.

Charles de Montesquieu

Who believed in a doctrine of natural rights which outlined the fundamental rights all humans should enjoy: life, liberty, and property?

John Locke

Who defined the rights of individuals in English law, as well as property rights that could not be violated, even by the king? (Unalienable rights)

William Blackstone

Which document was signed in 1215 by King John of England, and was the first document that limited power of the ruler and established the principles of trial by jury and one could not be deprived of life, liberty and property?

The Magna Carta

What was the document written in 1620 by the founders of the Plymouth colony, the Pilgrims? This document represented an early form of colonial self- government and an early form of a written constitution, establishing the powers and duties of the government.

The Mayflower Compact

What document was drafted by the settlers in the Connecticut River colony in 1639, and was the first written constitution in the colonies establishing a democratic government controlled by citizens?

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

What was established in 1619, as the first representative assembly (group) in the American colonies? Famous delegates included Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, and George Washington.

Virginia House of Burgesses