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25 Cards in this Set
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Christopher Columbus
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explorer landed in
Caribbean Island looking for a route to Asia |
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John Smith
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grew corn from Indians, founder of Jamestown
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Thomas Hooker
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founded Conneticut
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Roger Williams
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founded Rhode Island for religious freedom and believed people should
not be persecuted because of religion |
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Anne Hutchinson
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also founded Rhode Island
and said God spoke to her |
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William Penn
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founded Pennsylvania
Quakers..... diverse population |
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James Oglethorpe
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founded Georgia
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John Peter Zenger
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freedom of press and speech
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King George III
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King of England seen as
a tyrant by colonists |
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Ben Franklin
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came up with Albany Plan
of Union |
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Patrick Henry
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said, "give me liberty or give me death"; Patriot
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Crispus Attucks
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1st African American
killed in the Revolutionary War |
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Samuel Adams
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leader of the Sons of
Liberty |
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Marquis de Lafayette
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emissary; French nobleman
who helped Washington in the war |
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Benedict Arnold
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traitor; 1st on American side, then sided with the British
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Thomas Paine
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Patriot who wrote Common Sense
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Richard Henry Lee
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proposed complete independence (Declaration of Independence)
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John Locke
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Enlightement thinker who believed in natural rights govern at birth like life, liberty, and property...thought
people could overthrow government if these rights were taken away |
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Thomas Jefferson
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author of Declaration of Independence
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King Louis XVI
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King of France
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General Rochambeau
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French commander that
helped American win the battle of Yorktown by having French ships set up a blockade to surround the British |
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Phillis Wheatly
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African slave noted for poetry; supported independence during Revolutionary War
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Baron von Stuben
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German who trained the Continental Army during winter at Valley Forge
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General Cornwallis
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British commander in the South
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George Washington
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commander of the Continental Army; 1st President of the United States
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