people of the American Revolution

Question 1

I was an Enlightenment philosopher whose ideas influenced Thomas Jefferson.

Answer 1

John Locke

Question 2

I worked as a spy for Lafayette during the Revolutionary War.

Answer 2

James Armistead

Question 3

I went to France to persuade the French to ally with the Americans.

Answer 3

Benjamin Franklin

Question 4

I commanded an American ship in the most famous sea battle in the War.

Answer 4

John Paul Jones

Question 5

I was a French nobleman who came to fight with the Americans.

Answer 5

Marquis de Lafayette

Question 6

. I was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.

Answer 6

Thomas Jefferson

Question 7

I was a member of the Sons of Liberty who used my wealth to buy weapons for the militia.

Answer 7

John Hancock

Question 8

I was a delegate in the House of Burgesses and the First Continental Congress

Answer 8

Patrick Henry

Question 9

I argued that all people have natural rights of life, liberty and property.

Answer 9

John Locke

Question 10

I alerted patriots of approaching British troops in New Hampshire

Answer 10

Wentworth Cheswell

Question 11

I was enslaved during the war, but was set free by Virginia after the war.

Answer 11

James Armistead

Question 12

I helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris, which ended the Revolutionary War

Answer 12

Benjamin Franklin

Question 13

I was French but became a Continental Army General and used my own money for supplies.

Answer 13

Marquis de Lafayette

Question 14

I wrote plays and poems that persuaded people to become patriots.

Answer 14

Mercy Otis Warren

Question 15

I said, “I have not yet begun to fight” while battling the Serapis.

Answer 15

John Paul Jones

Question 16

I organized groups to assist families in need during the Revolution.

Answer 16

Abigail Adams

Question 17

I was the first African American to be elected to public office in America

Answer 17

Wentworth Cheswell

Question 18

As president of the 2nd Continental Congress, I was the first to sign the Declaration.

Answer 18

John Hancock

Question 19

I was a female and a friend of John and Abigail Adams

Answer 19

Mercy Otis Warren

Question 20

An advocate of women’s rights, I encouraged my husband to “remember the ladies” in the new laws.

Answer 20

Abigail Adams

Question 21

I am remembered for saying “Give me liberty or give me death!”

Answer 21

Patrick Henry

Question 22

I wrote that all men have unalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness

Answer 22

Thomas Jefferson