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Thomas Paine

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Writer of “common sense” …. an influence on the Declaration of Independence

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Thomas Jefferson

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Author of the Declaration of Independence

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George Washington

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Commanded the continental army

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Marquis de Lafayette

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French officer who joined the continental army

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Baron Friedrich Von Steuben

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German officer who helped train the American troops

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Casmir Pulaski

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Polish officer who trained the American cavalry

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Ethan Allen

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Les the green mountain boys in attack of fort Ticonderoga

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George Rogers Clark

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Led the American volunteers in the Ohio river valley

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John Paul Jones

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Father of the American navy

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Francis Marion

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Known as the “swamp fox” for the hit and run raids in the south

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Benedict Arnold

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Attacked fort Ticonderoga and won other battles before being a traitor

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Francois de Grasse

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France admiral whose navy ships helped trap Cornwallis

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Anthony Wayne

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Led American forces at Yorktown

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Jean de Rochanbeau

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Led French forces at Yorktown

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William Howe

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British General commanding troops at bunker hill and New York

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Charles Cornwallis

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British General trapped at Yorktown

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John Burgoyne

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British General who surrendered at Saratoga

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Loyalist/ Tories

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1/3 of colonists who supported continued loyalty to Great Britain

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Patriot

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1/3 of colonists who favored separation from Great Britain

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Hessians

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Paid German soldiers helping births and defeated at Trenton, NJ

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Privateers

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Ships that protected American port cities

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“I have not yet begun to fight”

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John Paul Jones- in a battle withe the Serapis in the North Sea

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“I only regret that’s I have only one life to live for my country”

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Nathan hale- a spy that was caught and hung in New York

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“Don’t fire till you see the whites of their eyes”

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William Prescott/ militia commander- at bunker hill

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Key advantages of Americans

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  • inspired-fighting for freedom
  • home field advantage-knew the territory
  • strong leaders
  • help from France and other European allies
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Key advantages of British

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  • larger more professional army
  • largest navy in the world
  • enlisted and paid German soldiers
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4 parts of the Declaration of Independence

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a. Preamble (introduction)
b. Declaration of rights (lists rights of citizens)
c. Colonists complaints against king George the lll
d. Declaration of “free and independent states

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