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QR Challenge: Important People: American Revolution

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Made the Midnight Ride warning the minutemen that the British were coming/Artist of the Boston MassacrePaul Revere
Convinced the Virginia House of Burgesses to support the War with his famous speech, “Give me liberty or give me death”/He Spoke out against the Stamp Act/Served in the Continental ArmyPatrick Henry
He feared that the loss of one group of colonies would lead to the loss of others and the eventual decline of the empire/To prevent this, the Crown maintained an aggressive policy against colonial resistance/ He struggled to enforce royal authority throughout his reign/King of England during the Revolutionary EraKing George III
Much of our Knowledge about the debates in the Continental Congress came from letters between this person and her husband/Her Writing reveals a commitment to voting rights for women and African American, and strong support for American Independence/She told her husband to take care of the women, who would not hold themselves bound by laws in which they had no voice (“Remember the ladies”)Abigail Adams
Lawyer and politicial/defended British soldiers after the Boston Massacre/a member of the Continental Congress (representing Massachusetts)/strong supporter of independence/Was on the committee that wrote the Declaration of IndependenceJohn Adams
African American Patriot/like Paul Revere he made an all night ride back from Boston to warn his community of the impending British invasion/served in the army and fought at the Battle of Saratoga/He was a judge, and a church leader/He is considered the first African American elected to public office in AmericaWentworth Cheswell
Created the Committee of Correspondence/Leader of the Sons of Liberty/Protested the Tea Act and the Boston MassacreSamuel Adams
Wife of a Massachusetts Patriot/anonymously wrote several propaganda pieces supporting the Patriot causeMercy Otis Warren
Slave in Virginia/Marquis de Lafayette recruited him as a spy for the Continental Army/Posing as a double agent, forager and servant at British headquarters, he moved freely between the lines with vital information on British troop movements for Lafayette/contributed to the American victory at YorktownJames Armistead
A member of the committee which wrote the Declaration of Independence, but spent most of the period of the American Revolution in France/He represented the colonies as the American envoy starting in 1776 and remained until 1785/He negotiated the alliance with France and then the Treaty of Paris which ended the warBenjamin Franklin
Helped the Americans by shipping them supplies/He commanded Spanish troops against the British in both New Orleans, Louisiana, and in FloridaBernardo de Galvez
A black man/became the first casualty of the American Revolution when he was shot and killed in what became known as the Boston MassacreCrispus Attucks
A Polishborn Jewish immigrant to America who played an important role in financing the Revolution/arrested by the British as a spy/used by the British as an interpreter with their German troops/helped British prisoners escape and encouraged German soldiers to desert the British army/became a broker to the French consul and paymaster to French troops in America/A Jewish banker who help finance the war/He gave loans to the new American GovernmentHaym Salomon
Early and effective leader in the American Revolution/He was a delegate to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia and in 1776 he was a member of the committee which wrote the Declaration of Independence/chief writer of Declaration of Independence, which was approved by the delegatesThomas Jefferson
A French aristocrat who played a leading role in two revolutions in France and in the American Revolution/He respected the concepts of liberty and freedom and constitutional government/Between 1776 and 1779 he fought in the American Revolution, commanding forces as a major-general in the colonial army/important because France joined the Colonists against the British/Helped train the soldiers of the Continental ArmyMarquis de Lafayette
A resident of Virginia, he was a surveyor, a planter, a soldier in the French and Indian War, a delegate to the First and Second Continental Congresses, commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American RevolutionGeorge Washington
A Leading General of the British Army/Defeated at the Battle of YorktownCharles Cornwallis
Founder of the U.S. Navy/Led Raids on British Vessels during the American RevolutionJohn Paul Jones
British General defeated at the Battle of Saratoga by Horatio Gates/Like many British Generals he thought that the rebels were ignorant farmers who could easily be swept away by highly trained British regularsJohn Burgoyne
Wrote the Pamphlet Common Sense to persuade people to join the Patriot causeThomas Paine

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