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| Nathanael Greene | Patriot general who defeated British general Cornwallis at Guilford Courthouse near what is now Greensboro, NC |
| Daniel Morgan | Patriot officer who lead the fight at Cowpens, SC on orders from Gen. Greene |
| Cornwallis | masterful British officer who eventually lost to Greene at Guilford Courthouse, just before the end of the Revolutionary War |
| Valley Forge | a place in Pennsyvania where Gen Washington and thousands of soldiers wintered, suffering from hunger, disease, and lack of food and shelter |
| Treaty of Paris | signed on Sept 3, 1773, this agreement ended the Revolutionary War. AMERICA WON! |
| George Washington | the Commander in Chief of the Continental army during the Revolutionary war. Later our first president. |
| Patriot | a colonist who wanted America to be free from English rule |
| Loyalist | a colonist who wanted America to remain an English colony |
| British | people from England (the British Isles) |
| rifle | a long gun with spiraling grooves in the barrel, making the bullet spin, making it go straighter(like spiraling a football) |
| musket | a long gun withOUT grooves in the barrel. Very INACCURATE. |
