Quiz Me! - People: Revolution/Declaration of Independence

Test your knowledge about people in the Revolution/Declaration of Independence era.

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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.”

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This document, signed during King George III’s rule, ended the Revolutionary War and confirmed the independence of the United States.

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This man, along with Robert Morris, helped to finance the American Revolution.

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Who was the Founding Father that defended, in court, the British soldiers accused in the Boston Massacre?

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Who was the African-American  slave spy who was George Washington’s most effective weapon against the British during the American Revolution?

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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?

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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?

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Who was the African-American  former slave who was shot and killed by British Soldiers at the Boston Massacre?

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Marquis de Lafayette helped the Americans fight against Great Britain by securing support from which country?

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Because of his articulate defense of American liberty, this author of “The Liberty Song” is known as the “Penman of the Revolution.”

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