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Ch. 5 Social Studies
People
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| leader of the Continental Army and first President | George Washington |
| leader of the Sons of Liberty and delegate of the Continental Congress | Sam Adams |
| lawyer, the only one who would defend the British soldiers during the Boston Massacre, second President | John Adams |
| instructed to take away the weapons of the Massachusetts militia and arrest the leaders of the colony's resistance movement,attacked by colonists in Lexington and Concord | General Gage |
| member of the Sons of Liberty, alerts colonists that the Regulars are coming, created propaganda during the Boston Massacre | Paul Revere |
| traitor, helps the Green Mountain Boys capture Fort Ticonderoga | Benedict Arnold |
| leader of the Green Mountain Boys and captured Fort Ticonderoga | Ethan Allen |
| British Minister of Finance and passed the writs of assistance to stop smuggling | George Grenville |
| Boston lawyer, said "No taxation without representation!" | James Otis |
| member of the Virginia House of Burgesses that pushed for the burgessess to take action against the Stamp Act and sign a resolution, member of the Continental Congress | Patrick Henry |
| a member of the Continental Congress and the Pennsylvania Legislature, emissary to London during the Stamp Act Crisis | Ben Franklin |
| President of the Second Continental Congress, ship owner and smuggler, and one of the wealthiest colonists | John Hancock |
| wrote the rough draft of the Declaration of Independence, youngest member of the Continental Congress | Thomas Jefferson |
| published a pamphlet called Common Sense that called for independence with England | Thomas Paine |