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Declaring Independe
Term | Definition |
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Thomas Paine | author of Common Sense, who wrote that citizens, not monarchs, should make laws |
Thomas Jefferson | the main author of the Declaration of Independence |
Francis Marion | a Patriot leader who used hit-and-run attacks, known as guerilla warfare |
James Madison | a leading convention delegate from Virginia |
Sandra Day O’Connor | the first female Supreme Court Justice, appointed in 1981 |
James Madison | a Federalist who promised that a Bill of Rights would be added to the Constitution |
George Washington | patriot general who defeated Charles Cornwallis at the battle of Yorktown |
General Cornwallis | A british general who was defeated by the patriots army at the battle of Yorktown |
Roger Sherman | one of the delegates who proposed a compromise plan. |