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History
Famous Figures of the American Revolution
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Famous for the saying, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country,"before being hanged after the Battle of Long Island | Nathan Hale |
| The engrosser (the guy who writes it out nice and pretty looking) of the Declaration of Independence | Timothy Matlack |
| President of the Continental Congress, famous for his signature | John Hancock |
| Thanks to this man's writings, we have documentation of what went on at the Continental Congress's conventions. He also assisted in the writing of the Declaration of Independence and is the fourth president of the United States | James Madison |
| called the "Puerest son of Liberty," by Thomas Jefferson, this American General was "a hero on two continents" for his heroism in both Poland and America | Thaddeus Kosciusko |
| Father of our country | George Washington |
| Writer of the Declaration of Independence, third President | Thomas Jefferson |
| A printer, statesmen, scientist,inventor, etc., who wrote Poor Richard's Almanac | Benjamin Franklin |
| American General who was a turncoat | Benedict Arnold |
| British General in command at the surrender at Yorktown | General Charles Cornwallis |
| Fiery speaker who said these words, "If this be treason, make the most of it!" and "Give me liberty or give me death!" | Patrick Henry |
| Author of 'Common Sense' | Thomas Paine |
| British general during the battle of Bunker Hill | General William Howe |
| French man who came to the aid of the Americans, later became a general | the Marquis de Lafayette |
| Russian General who trained the continental army in battle tactics during the winter at Valley Forge | Baron von Steuben |
| disguised herself as a man and joined the army | Deborah Sampson |
| Supposedly sewed the first American flag (by the way this is not true) | Betsy Ross |
| an educated African slave girl who wrote patriotic and religious poetry | Phillis Wheatley |
| This Brigadier General was nicknamed "Mad" because of his bravery and quick temper | "Mad" Anthony Wayne |
| The first of five people to die in the Boston Massacre; he was a free African American | Crispus Attucks |
| Rode to Lexington to warn the colonists that the British were marching to confiscate munitions stored at Concord. | Paul Revere |
| Delegate to the Continental Congress and signer of the Declaration of Independence; he was a noted doctor, who worked hard to treat the recurring smallpox epidemics in Philadelphia | Benjamin Rush |
| Helped write the Federalist papers and was the first Secretary of the Treasury; He and Thomas Jefferson didn't get along too well | Alexander Hamilton |
| These two signers both died on the 4th of July | Thomas Jefferson and John Adams |
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