STAAR Points 7

Question 0

wrote common sense and American crisis urging colonists to support the patriot cause during the American revolution.

Answer 0

Thomas Paine.

Question 1

commander of the continental army, president of the constitutional convention, first president of the United States.

Answer 1

George Washington.

Question 2

wife of John Adams known for her stand on woman’s rights in letters to her husband.

Answer 2

Abigail Adams.

Question 3

patriot writer, first woman historian of the revolution, published many plays and poems.

Answer 3

Mercy Otis Warren.

Question 4

African American patriot, one of the alarm riders who made the same midnight ride with Paul Revere to warn the the British were coming.

Answer 4

Wentworth Cheswell.

Question 5

African American spy who worked for G. Washington at Yorktown.

Answer 5

James Armistead.

Question 6

Polish Jew who spied for the Americans, held by the British as a translator for the Hessians.

Answer 6

Haym Solomon