Important people

Question 0

George Washington

Answer 0

. 1st President of the United States

. The commander in chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.

Question 1

Thomas Jefferson

Answer 1

. He was an author of the Declaration of Independence

. He was elected the third president of the United States

Question 2

Alexander Hamilton

Answer 2

. Chief of staff to General Washington

. Member of the Continental Congress from 1782 to 1783

Question 3

John Hancock

Answer 3

. He served as president of the Second Continental Congress
. He was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence and would later be elected the first governor of Massachusetts.

Question 4

James Madison

Answer 4

. Known as the father of constitution
. Key author of the bill of rights
. 4th U.S. President

Question 5

Patrick Henry

Answer 5

. Elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1765

. Elected as one of Virginia’s seven delegates to the First Continental Congress in 1774

Question 6

Roger Sherman

Answer 6

. He was then elected to the Continental Congress in 1774
. He was later elected a U.S. House of Representatives and Senate member where he worked until his death on July 23, 1793

Question 7

Elbridge Gerry

Answer 7

. He refused to sign the constitution because he didn’t agree with what it said.
. He was an American statesman and diplomat.

Question 8

George Mason

Answer 8

. He was considered the father of the united sates bill of rights.
. As owner of Gunston Hall he was one of the richest planters in Virginia.

Question 9

John Locke

Answer 9

. He was an English philosopher and physician, often considered as one of the greatest and most influential Enlightenment thinkers in history.
. He was the founder of empiricist theory of knowledge