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 Inited States

Answer 1

George Washington

Question 2

Wife of John Adams know for her stand in women’s right in letters to her husband

Answer 2

Abigail Adams

Question 3

Patriot writer, first women 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 that the British 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 Salomon