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Famous People of the American Revolution Quiz

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Match the famous colonials to the correct description
1)  _______  Patrick Henry
2)  _______  Paul Revere
3)  _______  Thomas Jefferson
4)   _______  John Adams
5)  _______  George Washington
6)  _______  Benjamin Franklin
7)  _______  Phyllis Wheatley
8)  _______  Thomas Paine
9)  _______  Lord Cornwallis
10)   _______  King George III
  a.  British General during the Revolution
  b.  Author of the Declaration of Independence
  c.  Championed the cause for independence
  d.  King of England
  e.  Patriot who made the daring midnight ride warning that the British were coming
  f.  Former slave who wrote poems and plays supporting independence
  g.  General of the Continental Army
  h.  "Give me liberty, or give me death"
  i.  Author of "Common Sense"
  j.  Member of Congress who helped frame the Declaration of Independence