As we celebrate July 4th, it’s time to review our knowledge of key figures in American Revolution. See if you can identify these personages from the clues given. The answers appear below.
1. What silversmith is known for his famous ride to warn the colonists that the British were advancing?
2. Who authored the pamphlet “Common Sense” to set forth a powerful argument for American independence?
3. What naval hero led successful raids on British ships and once said that he had “not yet begun to fight” even though his own ship was in flames?
4. What publisher and inventor acted as the main negotiator who sealed the alliance with France during the Revolutionary War?
5. Who was the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War?
6. What Founding Father served as an aide-de-camp to George Washington during the war and became the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury?
7. What Bostonian was a prominent figure in the Boston Tea Party, helped organize the Sons of Liberty, and signed the Declaration of Independence?
8. What soldier and frontiersman led the Green Mountain Boys to capture Fort Ticonderoga from the British in 1775?
9. What Continental Army captain and Revolutionary War hero volunteered to gather intelligence on British troop movements and was hanged as a spy?
10. Who played a crucial role in the Revolutionary War, primarily as a leader and writer, drafting the Declaration of Independence?
11. Which Virginia Governor was a passionate orator known for his fiery speeches claiming, “Give me liberty or give me death?”
12. Who was the British King during the American Revolution whose reign was marred by losing the American colonies and succumbing to madness?
Answers:
1. Paul Revere
2. Thomas Paine
3. John Paul Jones
4. Benjamin Franklin
5. George Washington
6. Alexander Hamilton
7. Samuel Adams
8. Ethan Allen
9. Nathan Hale
10. Thomas Jefferson
11. Patrick Henry
12. King George III
