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| Thomas Jefferson | Primary author of the Declaration of Independence |
| General Thomas Gage | British commander of all 10,000 soldiers in North America |
| Sons of Liberty | a group of patriots who protested British laws and eventually declared independence |
| Mercy Otis Warren | playwright and citizen journalist who was educated at a time few women had the opportunity |
| Abigail Adams | Encouraged her husband and future president to fight to abolish slavery and grant rights to women |
| Daughters of Liberty | this Patriotic group of women supported boycott efforts through "spinning bees," sewing cloth for the Patriots |
| Second Continental Congress | this group decided to form the Continental Army to fight the British |
| Benedict Arnold | During the Battle of Saratoga, he fought vailantly, but was wounded in the leg and met a Loyalist nurse. |
| Casimir Pulaski | This Polish patriot came to the colonies, used his finances to assure the finest equipment for his soldiers. |
| Marquis de LaFayette | Persuaded French king to send a 6,000 man army to America. |
| Friedrich von Steuben | helped turn inexperienced Americans into a skilled fighting force. |
| Phyllis Wheatley | Despite being kidnapped and enslaved by the age of 7, her talent for poetry was exceptional |
