New York State Test Prep Social Studies 5 (Grade 4) Colonial and Revolutionary Period in NY

Practice Page:	Patriot Leaders of the Revolution

American colonists who wanted to break away from Great Britain and form a new country were called Patriots. They supported a revolution* to gain independence*.

*revolution: complete and often violent change in government
*independence: freedom

Name the Patriot that is pictured and described below. Click on his name to see if your are correct.

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	He was the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army and later became the first President of the United States. Thomas Jefferson Benjamin Franklin Marquis de Lafayette George Washington Baron von Steuben Ethan Allen
	He wrote the Declaration of Independence and was the third President of the United States. Thomas Jefferson Baron von Steuben Marquis de Lafayette Ethan Allen George Washington Benjamin Franklin
	He was an author, inventor, and scientist. He helped organize the Continental Congress, which united the colonists in their revolution against British rule. Ethan Allen Benjamin Franklin Marquis de Lafayette Baron von Steuben George Washington Thomas Jefferson
	He was the leader of a rebellious group of soldiers from Vermont known as the Green Mountain Boys. He was captured and imprisoned in England. Thomas Jefferson Marquis de Lafayette George Washington Benjamin Franklin Baron von Steuben Ethan Allen
	He was a German general who helped the Continental Army. He stayed in America and became a citizen of New York. Benjamin Franklin Ethan Allen Baron von Steuben George Washington Thomas Jefferson Marquis de Lafayette
	He was a young French nobleman who believed in freedom and independence for the American colonists. He was wounded helping the Continental Army. Thomas Jefferson Baron von Steuben George Washington Marquis de Lafayette Ethan Allen Benjamin Franklin