Historical American figures

Question 1

William Penn

Answer 1

was given ownership of Pennsylvania

Question 2

John Peter Zenger

Answer 2

helped establish the freedom of press

Question 3

Anne Bradstreet

Answer 3

the first colonial poet

Question 4

Phillis Wheatley

Answer 4

an enslaved African, a poet, later gained her freedom

Question 5

Ben Franklin

Answer 5

started the newspaper the Pennsylvania Gazette, wrote Poor Richard’s Almanack, founded a library and a fire department, made discoveries abut electricity, inventor, one of the founders of the United States

Question 6

Jonathan Edwards

Answer 6

Massachusetts preacher during the Great Awakening

Question 7

George Whitefield

Answer 7

English minister during the Great Awakening

Question 8

Locke

Answer 8

thought that all people have natural rights, rights that being to every human being from birth. He believed that people had the right to overthrow the monarch. This idea strongly influenced the Founding Fathers of the United states.

Question 9

Montesquieu

Answer 9

Favored separation of powers, the division of the power of government into separate branches.

Question 10

Pontiac

Answer 10

Leader of the Ottawa nation, formed an alliance with other Native Americans, attacked British forts and settlements

Question 11

Patrick Henry

Answer 11

Famous quote “give me liberty, or give me death” This speech was to motivate colonists to fight for independence.

Question 12

John Adams

Answer 12

defended British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre

Question 13

Samuel Adams

Answer 13

established a Committee of Correspondence

Question 14

Paul Revere and William Dawes

Answer 14

Rode through the night to warn minutemen that the British were coming to Concord

Question 15

Nathan Hale

Answer 15

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

Question 16

Thomas Paine

Answer 16

Wrote “The Crisis” and “Common Sense”

Question 17

Marquis de Lafayette

Answer 17

a French noble, he became a high ranking officer in Washington’s army

Question 18

Friedrich von Steuben

Answer 18

a German baron, he helped train the Continental army

Question 19

Bernardo de Galvez

Answer 19

Louisiana governor, he helped the Americans during the revolution

Question 20

John Paul Jones

Answer 20

Commanded the American ship “Bonhomme Richard”, famous quote “I have not yet begun to fight!”, fought the British warship “Serapis” and won

Question 21

Lord Charles Cornwallis

Answer 21

British commander surrendered at Yorktown

Question 22

Francis Marion

Answer 22

known for his guerrilla warfare, nicknamed “Swamp Fox”

Question 23

Nathanael Greene

Answer 23

Took over the command of the Continental Army in the South

Question 24

Daniel Shays

Answer 24

Led an uprising of Massachusetts farmer that led to revising the Articles of Confederation

Question 25

Roger Sherman

Answer 25

proposed the Great Compromise

Question 26

Gouverneur Morris

Answer 26

largely responsible for writing the Preamble to the Constitution

Question 27

James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay

Answer 27

published the Federalist Papers

Question 28

George Mason, Patrick Henry

Answer 28

Leading Antifederalists

Question 29

George Washington

Answer 29

First U.S. President, leader of the Continental Army