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Peter Salem was an African American who fought for the Americans at The Battle of Bunker Hill and Concord.

The Second Continental Congress sent the Olive Branch Petition to try to get Britain to repeal the Intolerable/Coercive Acts, unless the king repealed them they would have General George Washington to be the general for the colonial army. The Second Continental Congress asked all the colonies to send money so they could buy goods such as bullets.

In The Battle of Yorktown both the French and American armies fought to keep Yorktown out of the hands of the British because it was a good spot to land ships carrying goods to support the British army. The French and American amies met near New York and marched into Yorktown and surrounded the town. Meanwhile the French Navy took control of Chesapeak Bay so the British could not escape or get supplies. Yorktown was under siege for two weeks.

Friedrich Van Steuben was a German soldier who helped train Patriot soldiers in the Revolutionary War.

The Treaty of Paris was a treaty that said that America was it's own nation and it's borders stretched all the way from Florida to the Great Lakes. The Mississippi River formed it's western border.

A mercenary is a hired soldier. (i.e. The Hessians in the Revolutionary War)

Philis Wheatly was an American poet who praised the Revolution.

The Battle of Saratoga was an attempt by British General John Burgoyne to cut the colonies in half, won by the Continentals led by General Horatio Gates.

Thomas Jefferson was an American president and the __main__ writer of the declaration of independence.

Mary Slocumb was a North Carolina woman who rode through thick forests at night to join her husband and other members of the North Carolina militia. She fought in the Battle of Moores Creek Bridge.

Quakers (aka Society of Friends) were pacifists who believed violence for any reason at all was wrong. They were neutral so both Loyalists and Patriots saw them as enemies.

Thomas Paine was the author of the //Common Sense// in which he attacked King George calling him a bully, questioned the idea of having one rule over thousands and called for revolution.

Thaddeus Kosciuszko was a Polish officer who helped the Patriots in the revolution, then he returned to Poland then led a revolution there.