3.4-3.5 Historical figures

Question 1

Ethan Allen

Answer 1

Blacksmith who help lead a band of Vermonters to capture Fort Ticonderoga.

Question 2

Green Mountain Boys

Answer 2

Their leader was Ethan Allen.

Question 3

Benedict Arnold

Answer 3

Failed to take Quebec from the British and later betrayed the Americans.

Question 4

Thomas Paine

Answer 4

Author of Common Sense and The Crisis.

Question 5

Richard Henry Lee

Answer 5

Was the first to suggest independence to the Continental Congress.

Question 6

Thomas Jefferson

Answer 6

Wrote the Declaration of Independence

Question 7

Nathan Hale

Answer 7

Said, “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.”

Question 8

John Burgoyne

Answer 8

British general who concocted a plan to cut off New England from the other colonies.

Question 9

Marquis de Lafayette

Answer 9

French noble who fought alongside the Patriots.

Question 10

Freidrich von Steuben

Answer 10

Served in the Prussian army and was sent to help train Washington’s troops

Question 11

George Rogers Clark

Answer 11

Plotted an attack on the British fort at Vincennes by spreading out his forces to make his numbers appear greater than they really were.

Question 11

John Paul Jones

Answer 11

Captain of the Bonhomme Richard.

Question 11

Betsy Ross

Answer 11

Legend claims that she made the first American flag of stars and stripes.

Question 11

Molly Pitcher

Answer 11

Mary Ludwig Hays

Question 12

Peter Salem

Answer 12

African American who fought bravely at Bunker Hill.

Question 13

Nathaneal Greene

Answer 13

American leader who chose to fight only on ground that put the British at a disadvantage.

Question 14

Comte de Rochambeau

Answer 14

French military leader who fought with the Americans at Yorktown.

Question 15

Thaddeus Kosciusko

Answer 15

Polish engineer who helped the Americans built forts.

Question 16

Bernardo de Galvez

Answer 16

Governor of Spanish Louisiana who helped the Patriot cause.

Question 17

Admiral de Grasse

Answer 17

In charge of the French navy that sealed off Cornwallis at Yorktown.

Question 18

Daniel Morgan

Answer 18

Tricked the British by appearing to retreat and drawing the British into a trap.

Question 19

Francis Marion

Answer 19

Swamp Fox.