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=Chapter 8 Study Guide=

__Thomas Paine__ - Thomas Paine wrote an artical that attacked King George the 3rd during the Revelutionary War. The artical is named Comom Sense. He was also a patriot. __Peter Salem__ - Peter Salem aws an african who fought for the minuteman at Concord and Bunker Hill. __Thaddeus Kosciuszko__ - Thaddeus Kosciuszko lead the revelution at Poland. media type="custom" key="11890280" __Mary Slocumb__ - Mary Slocumb rode threw the thick forest at night time in pitch black to join her husband and other members of the Carolina militia. She also wrote poems. __Thomas Jefferson__ - Thomas Jefferson wrote most of the Declaraction of Independece. He was the 3rd president. He also was a patriot. __George Washington__ - He was the 1st President. He also was the leader of the continentals. __The Battle of Saratoga -__ This began on 1777.The Battle of Saratoga was the battle of the American Revelution that showed France and Spain that we do have chance to defeat the british. It was also the 1st battle in whitch we won. __Friedrich von Steuben__ - He trained some of the patriots in the Revelutionary War. . __Battle of Yorktwon__ - This began on 1781.The Battle of Yorktown was a thought out trick by the british because they thought that with the loyalists help they would wipe out the patriots once and for all. Then the french got control over the Cheasapeake Bay and the british couldn't get any supplies and they were traped. __Phillis Wheatly__ - She wrote a play that made fun of the british and supported the patriots. __The Treaty of Paris__ - The Treaty of Paris was the treaty that ended the battle of Yorktown. The work began on April 1782. __Mercenary -__ A hired soldier. __Quakers__ - The quakers have a religion that they don't fight because its againsts thier religion. __The Second Continetal Congress Meeting__ - This was about if the king refused to repeal the laws. __Olive Branch Petition__ - The Olive Branch Petition was a petition to King Goege the 3rd to repeal the Intolerable Acts. __The 4 parts to the Declaration of Independence__ - 1st part to it states why the Declaration was needed. The 2nd part states the main ideas of the british goverment. The 3rd part states the colonist complaints about parliement. Finally the 4th part states all the reasons why the 13 colonies are no longer apart of Great Britian.