Notable People of the Revolution
He commanded the Continental Army.
He was named by Congress the commodore of the new American Navy.
Who was Esek Hopkins?
What is sovereign?
They assembled to fight the British, bringing their own ammunitions, has no uniforms and little training.
Who were the Ragtag Revolutionaries?
He wrote a famous pamphlet call Common Sense.
Who is Thomas Paine?
Is a country that loaned the Continental Army money for the war, with help from Haym Salomon.
What is France?
To change, turnaround, or to "revolt" against a government
What is a revolution?
The document that was drafted to avoid going to war with King George.
What was the Olive Branch Petition?
He helped in the Revolution by writing the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
John Adams, Roger Sherman, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Livingston, and Thomas Jefferson were the men appointed to draft the declaration.
Who were called the "Committee of Five"?
A government or rule that rules with cruel and unreasonable use of control.
Actions at Lexington and Concord in April 1775 that set off a chain of events that changed the world.
What was "the shot heard 'round the world"?
He was a financial broker that helped get money to support the Continental Congress.
Who was Haym Salomon?
He was one of the Enlightenment thinker with ideas of a new government. He thought the the government should protect everyone's life, liberty, and property.
Who is Jean-Jacques Rousseau?
Another name for a booklet, like the one written by Thomas Paine.
They answered the alarm from Paul Revere and William Dawes: "The Regulars are out".
Who were the Minutemen?
He appointed a committee of five men to draft a document of independence.
Who is John Hancock?
He was an Enlightenment thinker believing people were born with natural rights, like life, liberty, and property.
Who was John Locke?
A person who arranges business and/or money transactions.
What is a financial broker?
Is where the first battle of the American Revolution was fought.
Where is Bunker Hill?