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| Bernardo de Galvez | Spanish governor of Louisiana who provided money, weapons, safe harbor for American ships, and attacked some British forts on the Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico. |
| Marquis de Lafayette | High-ranking French officer who volunteered to help Americans. Helped Washington win several key battles. |
| Thaddeus Kosciusko | Polish engineer, built fortifications at West Point. |
| Casimir Pulaski | Led and trained the Patriot cavalry. |
| Baron Friedrich von Steuben | Helped train the Continental Army at Valley Forge. Taught soldiers how to march, improve aim, and attack with bayonets. |
| Benedict Arnold | An American traitor. Led Loyalists in several fights against American forces. |
| General John Burgoyne | British general who planned to cut off New England. Was surrounded by Gates and forced to surrender at Saratoga. |
| General Charles Cornwallis | Blundered by moving his forces to the Yorktown peninsula. Cut off from escape by French navy and American forces, he surrendered his forces in the last battle of the Revolution. |
| Sir William Howe | Pushed George WAshington and his troops out of New York. Led British during the worst days of the war for the Patriots. |
