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Who's Who In The Revolutionary War Flashcards

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George the third

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King of England

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Fredrick, Lord North

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Prime minister of England

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Samuel Adams

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Co/ founded the Sons of Liberty

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Benjamin Franklin

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Negotiated a treaty with England/convinced France

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Thomas Gage

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A British General;became governor of Massachusetts

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Samuel Prescott

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Spread the word that the British was coming

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John Pitcairn

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Led the British Troops to Lexington and Concord

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Ethan Allen

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Leader of the green mountain boys, captured Ft. Ticonderoga

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William Howe

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British General that failed to attack Washington while he was down

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George Washington

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Commander in chief of American Forces

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John Hancock

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President of the second continental congress; signed his name big on the Declaration of Independence

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John Adams

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Was an American patriot who served as the second president of the U.S, and the first Vice President

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John Burgoyne

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The loser at Saratoga

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Henry Knox

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Brought the guns from Ticonderoga

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Thomas Painer

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Wrote Common Sense and An American Crisis

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Thomas Jefferson

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He wrote the Declaration of Independence

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Crispus Attucks

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Former slave that died in the Boston Massacre

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Fredrick 2

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King of Prussia

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Horacio Gates

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Commander of the American Troops at Saratoga

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Daniel Morgan

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He broke the trail for Arnold to conduct;leader of the rifle men, took on Tarleton at the cow pens

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Benedict Arnold

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Great American General that committed treason

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Layfayette

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19 year old from France that joined the American Army at Valley Forge

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Charles Cornwallis

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Surrendered at Yorktown

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Nathaniel Greene

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He replaced Gates in the South and chased Cornwallis to Yorktown

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George Rogers Clark

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Conquered the Ohio River Valley, and built Fort Nelson, which is now Louisville

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