Important Patriot People

Question 1

A lawyer and member of the provincial assembly and was one of the earliest supporters of the Revolution.
He wrote the book “ The Rights of the British Colonists Asserted and Defended”

Answer 1

James Otis

Question 2

He was a founding father, served on the continental congress, was an ambassador to European powers, and served as both the 1st vice president and the 2nd president.
Attended Harvard University
Supported the Continental Army Navy

Answer 2

John Adams

Question 3

Was a political organizer during the events leading up the revolutionary war
Was John Adams cousin
Created a communication system through the colonies to keep Patriots informed of the Patriot cause

Answer 3

Samuel Adams

Question 4

Was a silversmith, but a skilled illustrator and created many iconic images in support of the Revolutionary war
He helped spread the word about Lexington and Concord
“The Regulars are coming!”

Answer 4

Paul Revere

Question 5

Patriot leader that feared the violent potential of Patriot crowds (The Boston Massacre)

Answer 5

John Hancock

Question 6

A wealthy shop owner from connecticut who helped capture Fort Ticonderoga after the Battle of Lexington and Concord
Was later named the military commander of Philadelphia after Valley Forge
Betrayed the US and Defected to the British Army (gasp!) He gave them West Point in exchange for commission as a brigadier general and 20,000 pounds

Answer 6

Benedict Arnold

Question 7

A leader of a militia unit in Vermont that helped Benedict Arnold take Fort Ticonderoga after the Battle of Lexington and Concord

Answer 7

Ethan Allen

Question 8

Delivered A LOT of heavy artillery from Fort Ticonderoga to American Forces outside Boston during the British occupation of the city
His delivery helped substantially in the recapture of the city

Answer 8

Henry Knox

Question 9

Commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War and the 1st president of the US

Answer 9

George Washington

Question 10

One of the founding fathers that originally joined the Patriots as a local volunteer militia company then became Washington’s right hand man in military dealings and stuff (lieutenant colonel)

Answer 10

Alexander Hamilton

Question 11

French Aristocrat and military officer. He volunteered to join the continental army voluntarily w/out pay. He became a major general and eventually joined Washington’s staff
Ultimately, he played a signifigant role in the revolution as a commander and advocate in the French government

Answer 11

Marquis de Lafayette

Question 12

Trained the Continental Army at Valley Forge which significantly boosted morale

Answer 12

Baron Friedrich von Steuben

Question 13

Was privateer hired by the US continental Army that secured a major victory with capture of the H.M.S drake in British Waters

Answer 13

John Paul Jones

Question 14

Led the attack on Savannah that ultimately failed and surrendered to the British at the siege of Charleston (ouch)

Answer 14

General Benjamin Lincoln

Question 15

Helped organize the Culper Spy Ring w/ Washington

Answer 15

Benjamin Tallmadge

Question 16

New York City tailor that passed important information that he gathered by spying on the British officers in his shop. He passed this info to Washington and ultimately stopped an attempted capture of Washington

Answer 16

Hercules Mulligan

Question 17

Two ladies that served as informants in the Culper Spy Ring

Answer 17

Sally Townsend and Mary Underhill

Question 18

Replaced Horatio Gates as commander of the Continental army in the southern colonies

Answer 18

General Nathaniel Greene

Question 19

General who led the big victory at the battle of Cowpens

Answer 19

General Daniel Morgan

Question 20

French Military captain that assisted Washington with the victory in the Battle of Yorktown

Answer 20

Rochambeau

Question 21

French General that commanded french ships in the battle of Yorktown

Answer 21

French Admiral François Joseph Paul, Comte de
Grasse

Question 22

Known for being opposed to slavery and attempts to recruit enslaved soldiers, he fought against the british at the Battle of Combahee River

Answer 22

John Laurens

Question 23

Led 480 militiamen into Native American territory and got captured and tortured in retaliation for the Gnadenhutten Massacre

Answer 23

Colonel William Crawford

Question 24

Founding father who represented the united states during the negotiations to end the war along with Ben Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay

Answer 24

Henry Laurens

Question 25

Founding father who represented the united states during the negotiations to end the war along with Ben Franklin, John Adams, and Henry Laurens

Answer 25

John Jay

Question 26

Won the name “Molly Pitcher” by walking back and forth between the spring and the soldiers during the Battle of Monmouth

Answer 26

Mary Ludwig Hays

Question 27

fought alongside her husband during the assault of Fort Washington, getting injured during the battle

Answer 27

Margaret Cochran Corbin

Question 28

Disguised herself as a man to join the continental army

Answer 28

Deborah Sampson

Question 29

Slave who was a supporter of the Patriot cause and was killed during the Boston Massacre

Answer 29

Crispus Attucks

Question 30

Enslaved african american who served in the First Rhode Island Regiment.

Answer 30

Jack Sisson

Question 31

Joined Marquis de Lafayette’s French allied units who used him as a spy for the army. He infiltrated General Cornwallis’s headquarters

Answer 31

James Armistead Lafayette

Question 32

Wrote the final version of the Olive Branch Petition

Answer 32

John Dickinson