Quiz Me! - People: Revolution/Declaration of Independence Test your knowledge about people in the Revolution/Declaration of Independence era. 1 / 10 She was a supporter of independence who wrote satirical plays criticizing the Massachusetts royal governor, published documents calling for equal rights for women and is sometimes called “The Conscience of the American Revolution.” Anne Hutchinson Susan B. Anthony Abigail Adams Mercy Otis Warren 2 / 10 This document, signed during King George III’s rule, ended the Revolutionary War and confirmed the independence of the United States. The Magna Carta The Treaty of Paris of 1783 The U.S. Constitution The Emancipation Proclamation 3 / 10 This man, along with Robert Morris, helped to finance the American Revolution. Alexander Hamilton Marquis de Lafayette George Washington Haym Salomon 4 / 10 Who was the Founding Father that defended, in court, the British soldiers accused in the Boston Massacre? Samual Adams John Adams Aaron Burr Alexander Hamilton 5 / 10 Who was the African-American slave spy who was George Washington’s most effective weapon against the British during the American Revolution? Bernardo de Galvez Crispus Attucks Samuel Adams James Armistead 6 / 10 Benjamin Rush was a physician who was also appointed as Treasurer of the Mint in 1799. He was later instrumental in the reconciliation of the friendship of which two men? Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson Aaron Burr and George Washington John Adams and Thomas Jefferson James Madison and Alexander Hamilton 7 / 10 John Witherspoon was a prominent Presbyterian minister who helped draft the Articles of Confederation and sign ed the Declaration of Independence. He was also president of which Ivy League university? Harvard Princeton Yale Dartmouth 8 / 10 Who was the African-American former slave who was shot and killed by British Soldiers at the Boston Massacre? Wentworth Cheswell Crispus Attucks Bernardo de Galvez James Armistead 9 / 10 Marquis de Lafayette helped the Americans fight against Great Britain by securing support from which country? Spain France India Mexico 10 / 10 Because of his articulate defense of American liberty, this author of “The Liberty Song” is known as the “Penman of the Revolution.” John Locke Thomas Hobbes John Dickenson Benjamin Franklin Your score is Restart quiz