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Revolutionists
name and details
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ben Franklin | scientist, writer, statesman and helps get the French to join colonists against fighting the British |
| Samuel Adams | political leader against the British. Involved in the British Tea Party/Sons of Liberty signs Declaration of Independence |
| Thomas Jefferson | main author of Declaration of Independence vice president to Washington 3rd president of the US |
| King George III | british king who used force to control colonists, which results in revolt (American Revolutionary War) |
| George Washington | Commander of continental army Father of our country... 1st president of the USA |
| John Paul Jones | famous for telling british naval ships during battle "I have not begun to fight" considered founder of united states navy |
| Benedict Arnold | american general who defected from the american to the british side...seen as a traitor |
| Patrick Henry | "Give me Liberty or Give Me Death!" poster boy for American freedom |
| Henry Knox | 1st secretary of war under George Washington *Fort Knox* |
| William Prescott | colonel who led fight against british on Bunker Hill (Mass.) |
| General Cornwallis | british general who surrenders to the patriots and ends the war at the battle of yorktown |