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9 Cards in this Set
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British king during the revolutionary era
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King George III
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British general who surrendered at Yorktown
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Lord Cornwallis
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Championed (supported) the cause of independence
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John Adams
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Commander of the Continental Army
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George Washington
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Major author of the Declaration of Independence
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Thomas Jefferson
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Outspoken member of House of Burgesses; inspired colonial patriotism with “Give me liberty or give me death”
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Patrick Henry
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Prominent (important) member of Continental Congress; helped frame (set up) the Declaration of Independence;
helped gain French support for American Independence |
Benjamin Franklin
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An enslaved African American who wrote
poems and plays supporting American independence and who eventually gained her freedom |
Philis Wheatley
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Patriot who made a daring ride to warn colonists of British arrival
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Paul Revere
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