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AmRev I
American Revolution1
Term | Definition |
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Sons of Liberty | Groups of American colonial patriots who organized resistance against the British. |
Crispus Attucks | former slave who was among the first men killed in the American Revolution during the Boston Massacre. |
Paul Revere | A silversmith and patriot in Boston. His engraving of the Boston Massacre helped gain support for the American cause in the colonies |
Button Gwinnett | A Georgia signer of the Declaration of Independence |
Lyman Hall | A Georgia signer of the Declaration of Independence |
George Walton | A Georgia signer of the Declaration of Independence |
Thomas Jefferson | authored the Declaration of Independence |
Nancy Hart | feisty frontier woman who helped the patriot cause, often acted as a spy |
John Adam Treutlen | First governor of the state of Georgia |
Elijah Clarke | Leader of a force of GA patriots who defeated British loyalists at Kettle Creek |
Austin Dabney | African –Am slave who won freedom and land for his brave service during the Am Revolution |
Casimir Pulaski | A Polish count and cavalry officer who fought on the side of the patriots and was killed during the siege of Savannah |
Abraham Baldwin | GA signer of the US Constitution |
William Few | GA signer of the US Constitution |