TEST PRT 4 Flashcards
American general “fighting Quaker”
Nathaniel Greene
Wrote the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
American COL said “ don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes”
William Prescott
Greatest British victory of the war
Charlestown
Serve as the government of the 13 American colonies
Continental congress
One of the American negotiators and part of the continental congress
Benjamin Franklin
British general left in charge of operations in the south
Charles Cornwallis
“Swamp fox” becomes local hero
Francis Marion
In charge of raising money for the Americans
Haym Salomon
Close aid to George Washington. He was French.
Marquis de Lafayette
An American spy “I regret that I but one life to give for my country”
Nathan Hale
President of the congress
John Hancock
“ I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give em death”
Patrick Henry