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Georgia Washington | commander of America's Continental Amry |
Battle of Bunker Hill | first major battle of the Amercian Revolution; the colonial militia lost the battle but proved they could stand against the british amry |
Olive Branch Petition | document sent by the Second Continental Congress to King Georgia 3, asking the king to restore peace between Britain and the colonies |
Common Sense | pamphlet written by Thomas Paine, calling for Amercian independence |
Continental Amry | it was another name for the American Amry |
Declaration of Independence | document written by Thomas Jefferson and signed by members of the Second Continental Congress, declaring the colonies free of Britain control |
Thomas Jefferson | Virginia delegate to Congress and the primary author of the Declaration of Independence |
Marquis De Lafayette | French noble who volunteered to serve in washington's amry and persuade the french king to send 6,000 troops to help the Americans; hero in both French and American |
General Cornwallis | Britain offier responsible for taking the southern colonies; surrendered to washingtoon at Yorktown |
Battle of Yorktown | last major battle of the American Revolution; won by American and French troops |
The American Crisis | in which a man ordered the soildfers to fight their enemy even though they were loosing |
Battle of Kettle Creek | Georgia battle resulting in patriot victory and the withdrawal of British troops from Georgia's Backcountry |