Match Each Description with the Item Below

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Multiple Choice

Match each description with the item below.
-Phillis Wheatley

• A)was a stubborn British general in the French and Indian War who viewed Native Americans with contempt
• B)was a Virginia planter chosen to lead the Continental army due to his service in the French and Indian War
• C)was a radical journalist in Philadelphia who wrote a pamphlet directly attacking the king rather than simply directing grievances at Parliament
• D)was a lawyer and one of the few Whigs who demanded freedom for African Americans and women
• E)was the Patriot who warned rebel leaders of a British military advance near Lexington
• F)was an English philosopher whose Two Treatises on Government had a large impact on political thought in the colonies
• G)was a British prime minister during the French and Indian War who adopted the military policy of treating the colonies as allies
• H)was a Patriot radical who organized the Sons of Liberty as well as the Committee of Correspondence
• I)was the British prime minister who grappled with the expenses of maintaining troops in America and proposed the Stamp Act
• J)was America's first African American poet and wrote of the "oppressive power" of white colonists

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Definitions:

Secretary of War Henry Knox

A leading military officer of the Continental Army during the American Revolution who later served as the first United States Secretary of War under President George Washington.

U.S. Policy

Refers to the overarching strategies and stances that the United States government adopts towards domestic and international issues.

Constitutional Convention

A gathering in 1787 in Philadelphia where the Constitution of the United States was drafted, replacing the Articles of Confederation.