Revolution figures bingo

Exercise and reference answers

Clues and terms

1. Clue

   Set up the Boston committee of correspondence

   Item

   Sam Adams

2. Clue

   Drafted the Albany Plan of Union

   Item

   Franklin

3. Clue

   Spurred Virginia's resolutions against the Stamp Act

   Item

   Patrick Henry

4. Clue

   Wrote the 50-page pamphlet Common Sense

   Item

   Paine

5. Clue

   Headed the committee of five for the Declaration

   Item

   Jefferson

6. Clue

   Appointed commander in chief of the American forces

   Item

   Washington

7. Clue

   Wealthy president of the Second Continental Congress

   Item

   Hancock

8. Clue

   One of the riders who alerted the countryside

   Item

   Paul Revere

9. Clue

   Young French volunteer who pushed Versailles to act

   Item

   Lafayette

Instructions

Read each call, tap the person on the board. Three in a line is bingo.

Explanation