Unit 2 People and Groups

Leaders

100

Lost at Fort Necessity. Fought in the French and Indian War and Revolutionary War. Later became President.

George Washington 

200

An Ottawa Indian chief. Fought in the French and Indian War against the British.

Pontiac

300

Defended the redcoats at the Boston Massacre trial. Later became President.

John Adams

400

British royal leader during the American Revolution. He makes an appearance in the musical "Hamilton."

King George III

500

Main author of the Declaration of Independence. Later became President.

Thomas Jefferson

Groups

100

Group of American colonists who disagreed with British rule in the colonies. Samuel Adams and Paul Revere were members.

Sons of Liberty

200

General name for people in the American colonies who supported the British crown.

Loyalists

300

General name for people in the American colonies who were against the British crown.

Patriots

400

Representatives of the colonies that met in Philadelphia in response to British taxes and rules.

First Continental Congress

500

Led a militia called the Green Mountain Boys during the American revolution. He is one of the founders of Vermont.

Ethan Allen

Notables

100

In a speech against British rule said, "Give me Liberty or give me Death!"

Patrick Henry

200

He was an inventor, statesman, and diplomat. Many people think he was a President, but he wasn't.

Benjamin Franklin

300

She is credited with sewing the first U.S. flag, but this may be legend and not exactly true.

Betsy Ross

400

He was the first killed during the Boston Massacre. 

Crispus Attucks

500

He was a silversmith who created a lithograph of the Boston Massacre. He is also known for his famous "midnight ride."

Paul Revere

Fighters

100

A woman who fought in the Revolutionary War. Legend has it that she would carry pitchers of water to the troops during battle.

Molly Pitcher

200

He was a slave who served in the Continental Army. One of his jobs was to spy on the British Army during the Revolutionary War.

James Armistead

300

He was a French aristocrat who fought in the Continental Army with the American colonists against the British in the American Revolution.

Marquis de Lafayette

400

He was a Continental Army officer who was regarded as a traitor to America because he later showed loyalty to the British Army.

Benedict Arnold

500

He was a British commander who surrendered at the Battle of Yorktown, which ended the Revolutionary War.

Lord Cornwallis

Miscellaneous

100

He was the leader of the British government who helped win the French and Indian War for Britain. The city of Pittsburgh is named for him.

William Pitt

200

He was the leader of the Massachusetts "radicals", a delegate to the First Continental Congress, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and the cousin of John Adams.

Samuel Adams

300

He wrote a pamphlet called "Common Sense" that called for American independence.

Thomas Paine

400

She was a poet and playwright who was outspoken against the British government during a time when women were expected to be silent on political matters.

Mercy Otis Warren

500

He was a representative of Virginia who argued that "these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States."

Richard Henry Lee

Final Jeopardy

100

A riddle for you to solve

In the revolution I was involved

I declared that the colonies should be free

The number for me is clearly 3.

Who am I?

Thomas Jefferson