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Revolutionary People
Key People during the Revolutionary War
Question | Answer |
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British King during the Revolutionary Era | George III |
British general who surrendered at Yorktown | Lord Cornwallis |
Championed the cause of Independence | John Adams |
Commander of the Continental Army | George Washington |
Major author of the Declaration of Independence | Thomas Jefferson |
Outspoken member of the House of Burgesses; inspired colonial patriotism with his "Give me Liberty or give me Death" speech | Patrick Henry |
Prominent member of the Continental Congress; helped frame the Declaration of Independence; helped gain French support for American Independence | Benjamin Franklin |
Enslaved African American who wrote poems and plays supporting American Independence and who eventually gained her freedom | Phillis Wheatley |
Patriot who made a daring ride to warn colonists of British arrival | Paul Revere |