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8 Cards in this Set
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Ethan Allen
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leader of a Patriot group of fighters known as the Green Mountain Boys
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Second Continental Congress
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America's government during the Revolutionary War
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Continental Army
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America's Patriot army during the Revolutionary War
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Thomas Paine
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political radical and the author of Common Sense
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Declaration of Independence
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document that declared American independence from Britain
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Thomas Jefferson
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delegate from Virginia who wrote the Declaration of Independence
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siege
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when enemy forces surround a town or city in order to force it to surrender
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artillery
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cannon and large guns
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