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Battle of Bunker Hill |
an important battle in which the Massachusetts militia fought bravely, although they lost. The strong American effort gave the colonists confidence that they could win against the British. |
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Declaration of Independence |
the Continental Congress's declaration that the American colonies were free states over which Britain had no control |
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King George III |
the British king at the time of American Revolution |
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General Horatio Gates |
the commander of the American army in New York. He was a poor commander, and his appointment to led the army angered Benedict Arnold |
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King Louis XVI |
the king of France (1770s), who helped Americans win freedom from Great Britain. He was later executed during the bloody French Revolution. |
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Marquis de Lafayette |
a French aristocrat who fought as a major general in the American army. |
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Lord Charles Cornwallis |
the British general who commanded troops from Charleston, South Carolina. He surrendered his entire army to George Washington after the battle of Yorktown. |
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November 25, 1783 |
the day the Revolutionary War finally ended, as the British troops evacuated New York City, and George Washington led his troops into New York. |
