American Revolution Unit Exam Review

Who Am I ?

Who Am I?

American and British Political Leaders

King George III - British

• I was the ruler of England during the American Revolution.

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.

George Grenville and Charles Townshend - British

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.

Thomas Jefferson - American

• I was a Virginian.• I was the principle

author of the Declaration of Independence.

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.

Patrick Henry - American

• “Give me liberty or give me death” was my most famous quote.

• I was from Virginia.

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.

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.

Bernado de Galvez - Spain

• I was the Governor of Spanish Louisiana and secretly supplied the Americans with medicine, cloth, muskets and gunpowder.

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.

Who Am I?

American and Foreign Military Leaders

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.

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.

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

Nathaniel Greene and Daniel Morgan

Francis Marion

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

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”.

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.

Marquis de Lafayette

• I was a young French officer who served on George Washington’s staff.

• A street in Plattsburgh is named after me.

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.

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.

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

John Sullivan and James Clinton

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.

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.

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.

Seth Warner and John Stark

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.

Thaddeus Kosciusko and Casimir Pulaski

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.

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.

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.

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.

Who Am I?

British Military Leaders

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.

Sir Guy Carleton

• I defeated Benedict Arnold at the Battle of Valcour Island in October of 1776.

Joseph Brant

• I was a Mohawk chief.• I led many of the raids

against the New York and Pennsylvania frontier after 1777.

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.

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.

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.

Chief Pontiac

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.