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9 Cards in this Set
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Nathan Hale
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a patriot in the american revolution who was killed and remembered for saying
"I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country" |
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John Hancock
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the first signer of the Declaration of Independence
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Benjamin Franklin
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wrote the declaration of Independence
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traitor
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one who works against his or her country
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Thomas Paine
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wrote the pamplet Common Sense
convinced many it was time for independence |
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Olive Branch Petition
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a letter to King George III and parliment asking for freedom from british rule
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mercenaries
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soldiers from one country who are paid to fight for another country
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Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys
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captured Fort Ticonderoga and its cannons to put around boston to get British out of Boston
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Henry Knox
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transported the Fort Ticonderoga cannons to Boston
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