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| published a pamphlet called Common Sense that was critical of King George III |
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| man from Prussia that helped train the continental army |
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| wrote the Declaration of Independence |
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| signed the Declaration of Independence in large writing "so the King would be able to read it without his glasses" |
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known as the "father of the American Navy"
"I have not yet begun to fight." |
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| surrendered to George Washington at Yorktown |
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| African American killed in the Boston Massacre |
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| rode from Boston to warn the colonists, "The British are coming!" |
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| gave a speech against British rule that ended with, "Give me liberty or give me death." |
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| learned fighting from French and Indian War, Commander in Chief of Continental Army, 1st President of U.S |
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| King of England during the American Revolution |
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| U.S. commander who helped take Fort Ticonderoga, later defected to the British side |
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| Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley (Molly Pitcher) |
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| water carrier for Patriots, manned the cannons when her husband was wounded |
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| wife of John Adams, helped him shape his policy for freedom, wrote to remind him to “remember the ladies” as he helped draft the Declaration of Independence |
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| Helped with the Declaration of Independence, signed the Treaty of Paris, was an inventor, and made the "Join or Die" cartoon |
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| Lawyer who thought everyone should have a fair trial. He was the lawyer who defended the British soldiers who were accused of murdering Crispus Attucks at the Boston Massacre. He was part of the Continental Congress, helped write the Declaration of Independence, signed the Treaty of Paris, and was the 2nd president. |
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