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18 Cards in this Set
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Patriots |
Wanted Colonies to Win. |
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Loyalists |
Wanted the King to win. (Loyal to the Royal) |
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Ben Franklin |
Talked France into helping colonists |
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King George III |
Leader of England who angered the colonists |
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Thomas Jefferson |
Author of the Declaration of Independence |
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Bernardo de Galvez |
Spanish governor who helped with cattle and protecting the southern coast. |
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John Paul Jones |
Ship captain who said, "I have not yet begun to fight" |
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John Locke |
Social Contract - if government doesn't help people - people can get new government; influenced Thomas Jefferson |
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Thomas Paine |
Wrote "Common Sense" |
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Haym Salomon |
Jewish immigrant banker from New York who worked to convert French money into American dollars |
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James Armistead |
Double spy; his information helped Washington at Yorktown |
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Marquis de Lafayette |
Young French General who served alongside Washington; he gave soldiers supplies at Valley Forge |
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Paul Revere |
A silversmith and member of the Sons of Liberty; made famous for his midnight ride warning that the Redcoats were coming |
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Samuel Adams |
Leader of the Sons of Liberty |
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Mercy Otis Warren |
A leader of the Daughters of Liberty; wrote anti-British plays |
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Crispus Attucks |
African-American martyr who was killed at the Boston Massacre |
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Nathan Hale |
A teacher before the Revolutionary War who became a martyr. He said, "I regret I have but one life to give for my country." |
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Benedict Arnold |
Famous General who betrayed the US and his name has become synonymous with "traitor." |
