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Valley Forge | camp in Pennsylvania where many American soliders died one wintr |
Von Steuben | trained Contnental soliders |
Spanish | helped the Americans fight the British |
Martha Washington | cooked, delivered food and mended uniforms |
Prince Hall | leg the struggle to end slavery after the war |
Nathanael Greene | forced the British to chase his army until they were worn out |
Charles Cornwallis | Brisith General who was defeated (surrendered) at Yorktown, Va. |
Franics Marion | The "Swamp Fox" |
Marquis de Lafayette | Young solider from France who became a favorite of George Washington |
Peter Salem | Shot British General Pitcairn when he yelled "This day is ours!" |
John Paul Jones | Captian of the Bonhomme Richard in the American Navy |
"We have not yet Begun to fight" | Famous words of John Paul Jones |
Gentlemen Johny Burgoyne | He and his Army were captured at the battle of Saratoga |
African American who helped in the American Revolution | Mr. Prince Hall |
This navy helped Washington in the defeat of the british at Yorktown, Va. | French |
Brtitsh general Cornwallis | surrendered at Yorktown, Va. |
Treaty of Paris of 1783 | Officially ended the American Revolution |
Benedict Arnold | traitor to the American cause |
French, Spanish | allies to the American cause |
Africian Americans | Fought for both the British and the American colonists |
Bernardo De Galvez | Spanish Governor of Louisiana, who secretly assisted the colonial cause |
Thomas Jefferson | principle author of the Dec of Independence |
Thomas Paine | author of Common Sense |
John Hancock | First to sign the declaration of Independence |
Traitor | Person who works against his or her country |
George Washington | Comander -in-Chief of the Continental Army |
John Adams | Second President of the USA |
Henry Knox | sent by washington to get the cannons that had been captured by Allen |
Mercenaries | Paid to fight for another country |
Continental Army | Troops from the 13 colonies |
Richard Henry Lee | Proposed to Congress that the colonies seek independence |
Ethan Allen | commanded the Green Mountain Boys |
Green Mountain boys and Ethan Allen | Captured Fort Ticonderoga in May 1775 |
Hessissians (German Mercenaries) | Defeated a Trento N.J. by George Washingtn on Christmas Day |
Philadelphia PA | city where the Second Continental Congress met |