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WHO AM I? Rev. War
A description of important people
Question | Answer |
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I was a partisan fighter. I was known as the "Swamp Fox" because I led surprise attacks on the British in the swamps of the low country. | Francis Marion |
I was a named Commander of the newly formed Continental Army. | George Washington |
I wrote the Declaration of Independence | Thomas Jefferson |
I believed Great Britain should make the rules for the colonist. I was loyal to the King of Great Britain and I did not seek independence from their rule. I often fought for Great Britain. Many of us were from the upcountry. | Loyalist |
The Revolutionary War was a fight for control of the colonies between which two groups of people. | Loyalists and Patriots |
Who advised the colonists to get an army and create a militia? | First Continental Congress |
Who named George Washington as the Commander of the newly formed Army? | Second Continental Congress |
I believed the Colonist should have made the rules for the colonies. I supported the Continental Congress of the Colonies. I fought for independence from Great Britain. Most of us were from the Low country. | Patriots |
My home was burned by British soldiers. I did surprise attacks in the backcountry to get back at them. I was called the "Gamecock." | Thomas Sumter |
Up country Native Americans nicknamed me "the Wizard Owl." I was a back country farmer who joined the militia when the British burned my farm. I led the Americans to victory along with Daniel Morgan in the Battle of Cowpens. | Andrew Pickens |
When I flag broke during the battle at Fort Moultrie, I held it up to let it be known that the Americans were not surrendering. | William Jasper |