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Names (ch. 6) Flashcards

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Nathan Hale

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“I only regret that I have one life to lose for my country”

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Thomas Paine

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Wrote The Crisis

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Hessians

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Troops guarding Trenton

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General Howe

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British General who occupied New York with 34,000 soldiers

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General Charles Cornwallis

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Tried to retake Trenton

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General John Burgoyne

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Surrendered at Saratoga

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The Green Mountain Boys

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Helped to win the Battle of Saratoga in New York

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George III

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The king of Great Britian

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Louis XVI

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The king of France

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Marquis de Lafayette

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Young French noble who brought trained soldiers to help Patriots

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Friedrich von Steuben

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Trained Washington’s troops to march and drill

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Thaddeus Koksciusko

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Polish engineer who helped build forts for the Patriots

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George Rogers Clark

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Captured Kaskaskia and Cahokia

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Sir Henry Clinton

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British general in South Carolina

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John Paul Jones

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Bonhomme Richard vs. Serapis

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Betsy Ross

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Sewed flags for Washington

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Mary Ludwig Hays

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Molly Pitcher-Battle of Monmouth

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Peter Salem

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Fought bravely at Bunker Hill

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James Otis

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Hoped to end slavery

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General Barry St. Leger

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British General who was stopped by Benedict Arnold in New York so that he could not join up with British General Burgoyne at Saratoga

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Francis Marion

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American patriot know as the swamp fox, used hit and run tactic to fight

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Comte de Rochambeau

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French General who helped Americans forces win at Yorktown

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Colonel William Prescott

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Leader of the Minutemen at Lexington

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Richard Henry Lee

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Made resolution asking for the Declaration of Independence

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John Dickinson

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Olive branch petition, refused to sign Declaration of Independence, letter from a Pennsylvania farmer

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Thomas Jefferson

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Wrote Declaration of Independence

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Benedict Arnold

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Great American General who became a traitor

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Marquis de Lafayette

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He came from France to help the American cause

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Ethan Allen

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Patriot and leader of the Green Mountain Boys who captured Fort Ticonderoga

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Ben Franklin

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Was in France seeking the help of France to join the American cause

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Admiral de Grasse

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French naval commander who helped trap the British at Yorktown

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Lord North

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British prime minister during the American Revolution

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Haym Solomon

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Jewish patriot who sometimes spied for the Americans. Raised thousand of dollars for the American cause

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Sir Henry Clinton

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British General who captured the cities of Charleston, South Carolina and Savannah, Georgia

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