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Ethan Allen
Ethan Allen led a group of men called the "Green Mountain Boys." -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Colonel William Prescott led 1200 minute men up Bunker Hill. General William Howe was the British General. "Don't shoot until you see the whites of their eyes." -William Howe -
Americans attack Quebec
The Americans failed in their attempt to take the ciry. -
Thomas Paine
He wrote "common sense." He supported the colonists. -
Richard Henry Lee
He wanted the colonists to gain independence, he said "These United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States." -
Patriots
North Carolina patriots defeat a loyalist army. -
Molly Pitcher
Molly took her husbands place in the war after he was injured. -
Delegates
The delegates accepted Jerfferson's Declaration of Independce making only a few minor adjustments. -
John Hancock
He was one of the men who signed the declaration of independence. -
Benedict Arnold
He led the 2nd army North through Maine. -
African Americans in war
More than half a million African Americans lived in the colonies and fought in the war. -
Washingtons Troops
Washington described his troops as sick dirty and so clad as to be unfit for service. -
Battle of Trenton
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Marquis De Lafayette
He brought trained soldiers to help the patriot cause. -
Fredich Von Stueban
Trained some of the continental troops. -
Continental Army
The Continental Army suffered servere hardship at Valley Forge Pennsylvania. -
George Roger Clark
He led virginia frontier fighters in Ohio Valley against British troops. -
Nathaneal Greene and Daniel Morgan
He was the general in the victory of King Mountain. -
Comte De Rochambeau
Combined army rushed to join Lafayette.
