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14 Cards in this Set
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The free African who fought at the Battle of Concord
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Peter Salem
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The meeting of colonial leaders to deal with the British reaction to Lexington and Concord
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2nd Continental Congress
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The battle that proved the Patriots had won the war
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Battle of Yorktown
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The German soldier who helped train the Continental army
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Friedrich von Steuben
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The agreement between the British and the Americans at the end of the Revolutionary War
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Treaty of Paris
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Soldiers hired by the British to help them in the Revolutionary War
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mercenaries
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The person whose poems supported independence
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Phillis Wheatley
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The letter sent by the Patriots to King George III asking him to repeal the Intolerable Acts
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Olive Branch Petition
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The person chosen to lead the Continental army because of his understanding of soldiers
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George Washington
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An American victory in the Revolutionary War that led France to help the Patriots
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Battle of Saratoga
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The writer of the Declaration of Independence
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Thomas Jefferson
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The person who joined the North Carolina militia to fight at the Battle of Moores Creek
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Mary Slocumb
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A religious group whose members are pacifists and refuse to take part in war
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Quakers
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The person who wrote Common Sense and urged the colonies to break away from Britain
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Thomas Paine
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