Unit 1 Author Facts

Question 1

Unlike most political writers of the day, he addressed common men in his essays

Answer 1

Paine

Question 2

He established University of Virginia

Answer 2

Jefferson

Question 3

The most persuasive writer of the American Revolution

Answer 3

Paine

Question 4

He is considered the most powerful speaker of the American Revolution

Answer 4

Henry

Question 5

His autobiography became the model for a new genre, the slave narrative

Answer 5

Equiano

Question 6

He joined the crusade for religious reform at age 12

Answer 6

Bradford

Question 7

After saving enough money, this author was able to purchase his freedom in 1766

Answer 7

Equiano

Question 8

He embodied the best of the new nation and became America’s first celebrity

Answer 8

Franklin

Question 9

He was one of the earliest opponents of British rule in the American colonies

Answer 9

Henry

Question 10

After attending the College of William and Mary, he went on to become an accomplished statesman, architect, and lawyer

Answer 10

Jefferson

Question 11

He helped to plan and finance the voyage of the Mayflower

Answer 11

Bradford

Question 12

He helped craft and compact the Mayflower Compact which is often called the first U.S. Constitution

Answer 12

Bradford

Question 13

By the age of 24, this author had a successful print shop and was the editor of The Pennsylvania Gazette

Answer 13

Franklin

Question 14

This author led an remarkable, adventurous life as an explorer, solider, and sailor

Answer 14

Equiano

Question 15

Served as America’s first secretary of state, second vice president, and third president from 1801-1809

Answer 15

Jefferson

Question 16

One of the first poets in the American colonies

Answer 16

Bradstreet

Question 17

He went out on his own at age 15, after teaching himself law he was admitted to the bar at age 24

Answer 17

Henry

Question 18

Responsible for the first public library, bifocals, fire brigade, and the University of Pennsylvania

Answer 18

Franklin

Question 19

Elected governor of his colony over 30 times

Answer 19

Bradford

Question 20

He doubled the size of the nation by authorizing the Louisiana Purchase

Answer 20

Jefferson

Question 21

The youngest of 15 children in his family

Answer 21

Franklin

Question 22

This poet was married at age 16 and two years later immigrated to the American colonies

Answer 22

Bradstreet

Question 23

He was effective in forging alliances with the Native Americans tribes such as the Wampanoag

Answer 23

Bradford

Question 24

Washington ordered this author’s essay read to his troops before they crossed the Delaware River to attack the Hessians

Answer 24

Paine

Question 25

This poets early work, imitative and conventional in both form and content, is largely unremarkable and was long considered primarily of historical interest

Answer 25

Bradstreet

Question 26

Wrote what is known today as the first great African Autobiography, which helped expose the cruelty of the slave trade

Answer 26

Equiano

Question 27

As the oldest founding father, he was already 70 years old when asked to help draft the Declaration of Independence

Answer 27

Franklin

Question 28

He designed his own home, called Monticello

Answer 28

Jefferson

Question 29

Served as the governor of Virginia and a member of the Virginia General Assembly

Answer 29

Henry

Question 30

Died on the morning of July 4th, 1826, fifty years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence

Answer 30

Jefferson

Question 31

He declined positions of secretary of state and Supreme Court justice offered to him by George Washington

Answer 31

Henry

Question 32

Their later poetry focuses on the internal struggle between desiring the pleasures of the world and focusing on the promise of Heaven

Answer 32

Bradstreet

Question 33

His last major work, The Age of Reason, attacked organized religion and alienated many of his supporters

Answer 33

Paine

Question 34

In January 1776 he wrote Common Sense, in which he argued that Americans must fight for their Independence

Answer 34

Paine

Question 35

This writer’s brother-in-law took their book of poetry to England and published them in 1650 under the title “The Tenth Muse, Lately Sprung up in America”

Answer 35

Bradstreet