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people of rev. war
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Paul Revere | ride to lexington & concord to warn that regulars were coming. patriot, silversmith |
| Patrick Henry | "give me liberty or give me death" . firing speech . gov. of Virginia lawyer |
| Thomas Paine | "common sense" . "the prices" books |
| Nathan Hale | patriot, hero from Long Island, spy on British troops, later hung, school teacher. "I only regret that I only have one life to lose." |
| King George III | ordered troops to fight, though colonist were meant to pay taxes |
| Samuel Adams | helped start "Sons of Liberty" in Boston. leader of continental congress , started comity of correspondence |
| Thomas Gage | 1775 british general , instructed to take weapons from MA, took rights from Boston |
| Benedict Arnold | an american leader, lead battle of quebec, traitor, used to be G.W. "right hand man" |
| John Hancock | 1768 owned boat the liberty, head of 2nd continental congress |
| George Washington | Valley forge, good general, becomes 1st president |
| Benjamin Franklin | helped get france on our side, part of continental congress, founding father, signed constitution and dec of I, signs treaty of paris 1778 |
| William Dawes | helped w ride to lexington |
| Thomas Jefferson | main writer of dec. of I |
| John Burgoyne | fancy dresser, british, wanted to take albany new york |
| Marquis de Lafayette | french nobleman , G.W. assis. |
| Charles Cornwallis | surrendered @ Yorktown which ended revolution |
| Baron Von Steuben | german, Gay, helped @ valley forge |
| George Rogers Clark | patriot captured Kaskaskia & Vincennes |
| John Paul | patriot sea captin |
| Crispus Attucks | dock worker, first to die for revolution, run away slave, african/indian |
| Molly Pitcher | helped her husband by firing his cannon when he was injured, she is famous for bringing pitchers of water to soldiers |
| William Howe | general of british troop, surrendered Boston, wanted NY |
| redcoats | the british regulars |
| privateers | a person/ship hired by gov. to fight |
| minutemen | patriots ready to fight in a minutes notice |
| hessians | german merrsanarieshired by rbi. |
| loyalist | people who lived in colonies but were loyal to king |
| patriots | wanted independence |
| Richard Henry Lee | from VA, snet to congress, vote for independence |
| Haratio Gates | patriot, blocked passage to south |
| Robert Morris | creator of taxes, finaced war |
| Francis Marion | swampfox, known for gorilla warfare |
| Nathanel Greene | patriot, replaced Gates, cotton gin |
| Sons of Liberty | group of patriots, protest against Brit. , leader = Samuel Adams |
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