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GREAT BRITAIN RECOGNIZED THE UNITED STATES AS AN INDEPENDENT NATION
BRITISH PROMISED TO WITHDRAW ALL TROOPS FROM AMERICAN TERRITORY AGREED TO GIVE AMERICA RIGHT TO FISH OFF COAST OF CANADA |
BRITISH TERMS OF THE TREATY OF PARIS
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COMMANDER OF AMERICAN FORCES IN THE WESTERN TERRITORIES
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ANTHONY WAYNE
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FRENCH NAVAL COMMANDER WHO ASSISTED WASHINGTON IN THE DEFEAT AT YORKTOWN
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ADMIRAL FRANCOIS DE GRASSE
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ALLY COUNTIRES OF THE COLONIES--WHETHER SECRETLY OR PUBLICLY
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FRANCE, SPAIN, NETHERLANDS
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PRIVATELY OWN MERCHANT SHIPS EQUIPPED WITH WEAPONS
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PRIVATEERS
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ARMY ESTABLISHED BY THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
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CONTINENTAL ARMY
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REPLACED HORATIO GATES AS THE COMMANDER OF THE CONTINENTAL FORCES IN THE SOUTH
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NATHANAEL GREENE
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A SECOND PAMPHLET WRITTEN BY THOMAS PAINE TO BOOST AMERICANS' LAGGING SPIRITS.
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THE CRISIS
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TO PREVENT SUPPLIES AND REINFORCEMENTS FROM REACHING THE CONTINENTAL ARMY THE BRITISH SURROUNDED PORTS
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BLOCAKADE
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MOHAWK CHIEF WHO LED A NUMBER OF BRUTAL ATTACKS IN SOUTHWESTERN NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA ON BEHALF OF THE BRITISH
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JOSEPH BRANT
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AMERICAN WHO RAIDED BRITISH PORTS AND WAS A DARING PRIVATEER COMMANDER-- HIS SHIP THE BONHOMME RICHARD
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JOHN PAUL JONES
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AMERICANS WHO SUPPORTED THE REVOLUTION
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PATRIOTS
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HIT AND RUN TECHNIQUES OF WAR USED BY THE AMERICAN ARMIES
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GUERRILLA WARFARE
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PAMPHLET WRITTEN BY THOMAS PAINE THAT MOVED AMERICAN COLONIEST TOWARD INDEPENDENCE
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COMMON SENSE
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COMMANDER OF THE BRITISH FORCES IN THE SOUTH
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GENERAL CHARLES CORNWALLIS
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FORMER ARMY OFFICER FROM GERMANY WHO DRILLED THE TROOPS AT VALLEY FORGE
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FRIEDRICH VON STEUBEN
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SUCCESSFUL AMERICAN LEADER WHO OPERATED OUT OF THE SWAMPS OF EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA--KNOW AS THE SWAMP FOX
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FRANCIS MARION
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BRITISH GENERAL AT THE BATTLE OF SARATOGA WHO SURRENDERED
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GENERAL BURGOYNE
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ARGUED THAT WOMEN'S MINDS ARE AS GOOD AS MEN'S AND THEREFORE GIRLS SHOULD BE EDUCATED TOO.
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JUDITH SARGEANT MURRAY
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COMMANDER OF AMERICAN TROOPS AT THE BATTLE OF SARATOGA
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GENERAL HORATIO GATES
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SOLDIERS HIRED BY A COUNTRY TO FIGHT A WAR
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MERCANARIES
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CONGRESS PRINTED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF MONEY TO SUPPORT THE WAR, IT QUICKLY LOST VALUE BECAUSE CIRCULATION WAS LARGER THAN THE GOLD AND SILVER BACKING THEM--THIS IS CALLED
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INFLATION
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GERMAN SOLDIERS HIRED BY THE BRITISH
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HESSIANS
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FRENCH NOBLEMAN WHO BECAME A TRUSTED AIDE TO WASHINTON
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MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE
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COMMNDER OF THE MAIN BRITISH BASE IN THE WEST-DETROIT
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HENRY HAMILTON
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MANAGED THE FAMILY FARM WHILE HUSBAND REPRESENTED THE COLONY OF MASSACHUSETTS IN CONGRESS
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ABIGAIL ADAMS
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TAKING NEITHER SIDE IN A CONFLICT
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NEUTRAL
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TWO AFRICAN AMERICANS WHO FOUGHT AT LEXINGTON AND CONDORD
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LEMUEL HAYES AND PETER SALEM
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REMAINED LOYAL TO BRITAIN AND OPPOSED THE WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE
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LOYALIST
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THE BRITISH COMMMANDER WHO HOPED TO CAPTURE NEW YORK AND FORCE A SURRENDER
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GENERAL WILLIAM HOWE
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DISGUISED AS A DUTCH SCHOOL TEACHER TO SPY ON THE BRITISH--CAPTURED AND HANGED AS A TRAITOR
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NATHAN HALE
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