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ViP Quiz 11
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a veteran of the French and Indian war who was chosen to be the Commander-In-Chief of the Continental Army because of his leadership qualities | George Washington |
| disguised herself as a man so she could work as a scout and fight in the light infantry for the Americans | Deborah Sampson |
| one of Washington's most trusted generals and a hero in the Battle of Saratoga, he became a traitor and a spy for the British when they paid him a large sum of money | Benedict Arnold |
| Spanish governor of Louisiana who defeated the British at the Battle of Baton Rouge and kept the British busy in the South diverting their resources from other parts of the Colonies | Bernardo de Galvez |
| French volunteer who became a close friend to Washington, was important to getting French alliance, and was a hero in the Battle of Yorktown | Marquis de Lafayette |
| enslaved person who was taught to read and write, poet and playwright who supported American independence and abolishing slavery, and the first African American woman to publish a book in the new country | Phillis Wheatley |
| Commander-in-Chief of the British forces in America for most of the war, victorious in the Battle of Bunker Hill, and nearly captured George Washington at the Battle of Long Island | William Howe |
| retired Prussian military officer who volunteered to train Washington's army during their winter at Valley Forge and wrote the first United States Army Manual | Baron von Steuben |
| sailor and sea Captain who won many sea battles, said, "I have not yet begun to fight!" when his ship was on fire and sinking, became known as the Father of the United States Navy | John Paul Jones |
| also known as "Molly Pitcher", carried water to troops on the battlefield, became a hero during the Battle of Monmouth when she took over loading a cannon for her wounded husband | Mary Ludwig-Hays |
| British general who was defeated at the Battle of Princeton, became successful as the leader of British forces in the South, but was defeated and forced to surrender to Washington after the siege at Yorktown | Charles Cornwallis |
| Patriot writer influenced by the Enlightenment thinkers who wrote Common Sense and The American Crisis pamphlets | Thomas Paine |
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