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Battle of Trenton | The battle of Trenton was an important patriot victory American Soldiers took more then 900 prisoners. |
DeBorah Sampson | Dressed as a man and fought in several battles. |
Friedrich Von SteuBen | An experienced military officer form prussia, led with a combination of respect and fear. |
George Rogers Clark | Volunteered to lead the western campaign. Clark had been a surveyor along the Ohio and Kentucky rivers . |
George Washington | Congress named a Virginian man George Washington. |
John Paul Jones | Considered a outlaw born in scotland and began working on ships at a young age. |
Marquis De Lafayette | Inspired by the ideas of the revolutionary war Lafayette bought his own ship and arrived in America in 1777. |
Mercenaries | Foreign soldiers who fought not out of loyalty but for pay. |
Molly pitcher | Brought water to the troops. When her husband was wounded in a 1778 battle she took his place loading cannons. |
Nathan hale | Went behind enemy lines to get secret information. |
Patriots | Colonists who chose to fight for independence from great britain |
Thomas Paine | Publisher of the common sense a 47-page pamphlet that was distributed in philadelphia in january 1776. |