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16 Cards in this Set
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General William Howe
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Commander of British troops in the US
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Nathan Hale
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A patriot who volunteered to be a spy to spy on British. Hanged
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Benedict Arnold
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Led the patriots at Fort Stanwix
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General John Burgoyne
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British General
Led the British at Saratoga |
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General Horatio Gates
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American General
Led the patriots at Saratoga |
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Marquis de Lafayette
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A french noble leader at Valley Forge
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Thaddeus Kosciusko
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An engineer from Poland who came and helped the American cause
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Baron Friedrich Von Steuben
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A former Army Officer from Prussia who helped Washington
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Molly Pitcher
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Maned a cannon when her husband collapsed from heat
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Abigail Adams
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Wife of John Adams
Argued for womans rights |
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George Rogers Clark
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A liutenent cl. in the Virginia Militia who set out to end British attacks. Led army at vincennes. His ship the Bonhomme Richard , Takes on the Serapis
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John Paul Jones
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A daring American naval officer who raided British ports
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General Charles Cornwallis
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Was in command of British forces in the South
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Francis Marion
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A succesful guerrilla leader who operated out of the swamps of South Carolina
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Nathanael Green
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The man who replaced Gates as the commander of the Continental forces in the south
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Conte de Rochambeau
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Commander of French soilders
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