American Revolution Unit Exam Review

1. American Revolution Unit Exam Review Who Am I ?

2. Who Am I? American and British Political Leaders

3. King George III - British • I was the ruler of England during the American Revolution.

4. George Grenville and Charles Townshend - British • We were the Prime Ministers of England before the American Revolution. • One of us passed the Stamp Act and the other taxes on paint, paper, lead, glass and tea. • Americans objected to both taxes and also hated the Writs of Assistance that were included.

5. George Grenville and Charles Townshend - British

6. Sam Adams - American • The Sons of Liberty, Committees of Correspondence, Boston Massacre and Tea Party were things I was involved in. • I was from Massachusetts.

7. Thomas Jefferson - American • I was a Virginian. • I was the principle author of the Declaration of Independence.

8. Thomas Paine - American • In 1776 I wrote two pamphlets called Common Sense and The Crisis. • Even though I did become a soldier, I fought most of the Revolution with my pen.

9. Patrick Henry - American • “Give me liberty or give me death” was my most famous quote. • I was from Virginia.

10. Benjamin Franklin - American • I was a member of the committee that wrote the Declaration of Independence, negotiated an alliance with France and helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris. • I called Pennsylvania my home.

11. John Hancock - American • I was from Massachusetts. • I was the President of the Continental Congress when the Declaration of Independence was written and signed. • I was the first person to sign it.

12. Bernado de Galvez - Spain • I was the Governor of Spanish Louisiana and secretly supplied the Americans with medicine, cloth, muskets and gunpowder.

13. John Adams - American • I was on the committee that wrote the Declaration of Independence and was one of the American negotiators of the Treaty of Paris. • My wife Abigail and I lived in Massachusetts.

14. Who Am I? American and Foreign Military Leaders

15. Henry Knox • I was George Washington’s artillery officer. • During the winter of 1775 – 1776 I helped move the cannon from Ft. Ticonderoga to Boston. • Later the British were forced to evacuate Boston.

16. Baron von Steuben – Prussia • I am a Prussian officer who trained American soldiers during the 1777 – 1778 winter at Valley Forge. • Not only did this occupy the soldier’s time but we came out of Valley Forge as a pretty good army.

17. Nathaniel Greene and Daniel Morgan • We were the American commanders in the South from 1779 – 1781. • Our armies fought Lord Cornwallis at Cowpens and Guilford Courthouse

18. Nathaniel Greene and Daniel Morgan

19. Francis Marion • My nickname was the “Swamp Fox” because my men came out of the South Carolina swamps and harassed the British

20. Nathan Hale • I was the American spy hung in 1776 before the battle of Long Island. • My last words were “I regret that I have one life to lose for my country”.

21. Benedict Arnold • I helped Ethan Allen capture Ft. Ticonderoga, slowed the British at Valcour Island and helped win the Battles of Saratoga. • There is a statue to my leg at the Saratoga Battlefield today.

22. Marquis de Lafayette • I was a young French officer who served on George Washington’s staff. • A street in Plattsburgh is named after me.

23. John Paul Jones • I said, “I have not yet begun to fight”, in a naval battle between my ship, the Bonhomme Richard, and the British man of war, Serapis.

24. Horatio Gates • I was the American commander at the 1777 Battles of Saratoga. • This defeat of a British army ended the Three – Pronged Campaign and convinced France to enter the war on our side.

25. John Sullivan and James Clinton • We led a campaign into Iroquois territory in 1779. • Our job was to destroy the Iroquois ability to make war. • The only battle fought during this campaign was the battle of Newtown

26. John Sullivan and James Clinton

27. Paul Revere • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote a poem about me. • I was a silversmith by trade but rode to spread the news of the British march on Lexington and Concord in 1775.

28. George Washington • I was appointed Commander – in – Chief of the Continental Army in 1775 and served as its commander for the rest of the Revolution.

29. Seth Warner and John Stark • In 1777, at the battle of Bennington, we won a key battle against the Hessians. • Our victory really hurt General Burgoyne’s army.

30. Seth Warner and John Stark

31. Thaddeus Kosciusko and Casimir Pulaski • We were two Polish officers who helped the Americans. • One of us was a cavalry officer and the other an engineer.

32. Thaddeus Kosciusko and Casimir Pulaski

33. Nicholas Herkimer • My militia unit was ambushed at the battle of Oriskany as we went to relieve the seige of Ft. Stanwix in 1777. I was wounded in the leg but had myself propped against a tree so I could direct the action. • I later died from my leg wound.

34. Count de Rochambeau • I was the French general who joined George Washington and trapped Lord Charles Cornwallis at Yorktown. • Cornwallis’ surrender was the last major battle of the American Revolution.

35. Peter Gansvoort • Marius Willette and I commanded Ft. Stanwix when Barry St.Leger laid seige to the fort in 1777. • We refused to surrender and eventually St. Leger was forced to retreat.

36. Richard Montgomery • Benedict Arnold and I invaded Canada in 1775 and 1776. • We attacked Quebec in a snowstorm. • I was killed and Arnold was wounded in the leg.

37. Who Am I? British Military Leaders

38. Col. Barry St.Leger • I was part of the Three – Pronged Campaign in 1777. • I was supposed to move down the Mohawk Valley to Albany. • My invasion was stopped at Ft. Stanwix.

39. Sir Guy Carleton • I defeated Benedict Arnold at the Battle of Valcour Island in October of 1776.

40. Joseph Brant • I was a Mohawk chief. • I led many of the raids against the New York and Pennsylvania frontier after 1777.

41. Sir William Howe • I was the first commander of the British army during the American Revolution. • I defeated George Washington’s army at the battles for New York City in 1776 and Brandywine and Germantown in 1777.

42. Maj. Robert Ferguson • I was a British officer who could have killed George Washington at the Battle of Brandywine but didn’t shoot. • I was involved in the Battle of King’s Mountain in 1780.

43. General John Burgoyne • I was overall commander of the Three – Pronged Campaign in 1777. • My army captured Ft. Ticonderoga but after the battles at Freeman’s Farm and Bemis Heights I surrendered at Saratoga.

44. Chief Pontiac • My 1763 uprising convinced the British Parliament to issue the Proclamation of 1763 to keep the white settlers and Native Americans apart.

45. Lord Charles Cornwallis • I surrendered to General George Washington and Count de Rochambeau at Yorktown in 1781. • This was the last major battle of the American Revolution.

46. Sir Henry Clinton • I was commander of the British army from 1778 to the end of the war. • My headquarters were in New York City but it was my decision to attack the south because there were so many loyalists there to support us.

47. Banastre Tarleton • I was a British cavalry officer who fought in the South. • I was beaten by Daniel Morgan at the Battle of Cowpens in 1781.

48. Sir John Johnson • I was the son of Sir William Johnson. • I was a Tory ranger. • I fought against the Americans along the New York and Pennsylvania frontier.

49. John Andre • I was the British officer caught out of uniform and behind American lines. • The plans for the American fortifications at West Point, given to me by Benedict Arnold, were in my boot. • I was hanged as a spy.