Download Rev. War Biography Answer Key John Paul Jones 1.) He was a

Rev. War Biography Answer Key
John Paul Jones
1.) He was a naval commander
2.) Scotland. He fled before he was tried for murder
3.) Block British shipping and raid their ports near England.
4.) “I have not yet begun to fight”. He said this during a fight with this British in which his ship
went down and he was asked to surrender.
5.) Sink the enemy British ship
Patrick Henry
1.) Attorney
2.) Give me liberty or give me death. He is willing to fight for freedom.
3.) He was a great speaker
4.) The Constitution
5.) Virginia
Thomas Paine
1.) He was a great writer and his writing helped people join the Revolutionary cause
2.) Common sense
3.) He served in the Continental Army and he helped give money to the war effort
4.) The French Revolution
5.) Religion
Samuel Adams
1.) His passion for politics
2.) The Sons of Liberty
3.) Boycott British goods, participated in the Boston Tea Party.
4.) Almost being captured by the British
5.) He thought it would give the national government too much power
Charles Cornwallis
1.) British
2.) He was opposed to the way the English were treating them
3.) He was commander of the troops in the South
4.) He couldn’t adapt to the guerilla strategies
5.) He surrendered to the colonists
Thomas Gage
1.) He fought for the British as a the Commander and Chief of the British army
2.) He believed in the right to tax the colonists
3.) He wanted to use the army against them
4.) He was ineffective
5.) His troops suffered heavy losses at the battle of Lexington
Francis Marion
1.) He was a general in the South
2.) Swamp Fox
3.) He mastered guerilla tactics and knew the swampy southern terrain
4.) He won many battles and coordinated attacks with the Continental Army
5.) Disrupt British supply lines, strike at enemy forces, and terrorize American loyalists
Dan Morgan
1.) He had experience fighting in the seven years war (French and Indian War)
2.) Guerilla Warfare
3.) The Battle of Cowpens
4.) A Tory Legion
5.) Double envelopment