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| Peter Salem | free African who fought at the battle of Concord |
| Second Continental Congress | meeting of colonial leaders to deal with the British reaction to Lexington and Concord |
| Battle of Yorktown | battle that proved the Patriots had won the war |
| Friedrich von Steuben | German soldier who helped train the Continental soldiers at Valley Forge |
| Treaty of Paris | agreement between the British and the Americans at the end of the Revolutionary War |
| mercenaries | soldiers hired by the British to help them in the Revolutionary War |
| Phillis Wheatley | person whose poems supported independence |
| Olive Branch Petition | letter sent by the Patriots to King George III, asking him to repeal the intolerable acts |
| George Washington | person chosen to lead the Continental army because of his understanding of soldiers |
| Battle of Saratoga | American victory in the Revolutionary War that led France to help the Patriots |
| Thomas Jefferson | writer of the Declaration of Independence |
| Mary Slocumb | person who joined the North Carolina militia to fight at the Battle of Moores Creek |
| Quakers | religious group whose members are pacifists and refuse to take part in war |
| Thomas Paine | person who wrote Common Sense and urged the colonies to break away from Britain |
| Thaddeus Kosciuszko | Polish officer who came to America to fight with the Continental army |
