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American Revolution historical figures
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| An American general who betrayed his country by changing sides during the Revolution | Benedict Arnold |
| primary author of the Declaration of Independence | Thomas Jefferson |
| commander of the Continental Army | George Washington |
| a Polish immigrant who helped finance the war and spied on the British | Haym Salomon |
| African American soldier at the Battle of Saratoga | Wentworth Cheswell |
| She wanted her husband to protect women's rights when creating the Declaration of Independence | Abigail Adams |
| one of the riders who went to Lexington to warn them the British army was on its way | Paul Revere |
| King of England during the Revolutionary War | George III |
| Author of Common Sense and The Crisis | Thomas Paine |
| a slave asked by Lafayette to spy on the British army | James Armistead |
| Organized the Boston Tea Party and the committees of correspondence | Samuel Adams |
| Free African American who died at the Boston Massacre | Crispus Attucks |
| She wrote plays supporting independence | Mercy Otis Warren |
| A navy captain who said, "I have not yet begun to fight!" and Father of the American navy | John Paul Jones |
| French officer who came to help George Washington | Marquis de Lafayette |
| Before his execution he said, "I regret that I have but one life to give for my country." | Nathan Hale |
| He was on both the committees for the Declaration of Independence and the Treaty of Paris of 1783 | Benjamin Franklin |
| As a lawyer he defended the soldiers from the Boston Massacre and was on the committees for the Declaration and the Treaty of Paris of 1783 | John Adams |
| a jurist (judge) who also believed in natural rights | William Blackstone |
| A speaker for the Patriot cause, he said, "Give me Liberty or give me Death!" | Patrick Henry |
| His ideas about "natural rights" influenced Jefferson's writings. | John Locke |
| The Spanish governor of Louisiana who sent supplies to the Patriot Army. | Bernardo de Galvez |
| led a raid on Fort Ticonderoga to get cannons for Washington's army | Ethan Allen |
| British general who surrendered to Washington at Yorktown | General Cornwallis |
| the "Swamp Fox", he used guerrilla tactics | Francis Marion |
| The President of the Second Continental Congress, he was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence | John Hancock |
| Spoke against writs of assistance; one of the Boston Sons of Liberty | James Otis |
| a Virginia patriot, he later opposed ratifying the constitution. | George Mason |
| Legend says that she created the first American flag | Betsy Ross |
| He helped George Washington train his troops | Baron von Steuban |
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