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=__//**Chapter 8 study guide**//__=

**__//Peter Salem died Agust 6 ,1816.//__**
//Peter Salem was a patriot and former slave who// was one of about 500 African-Americans who served in the Revolutionary War. Peter Salem was born a slave in Framingham, Massachusetts in 1750. On June 17 ,1775, Salem fought at Bunker Hill where he was remembered for shooting and killing British Major John Pitcairn through the head as he was rallying the British troops.

__//**Second Continental Congress**//__
On May 10, 1775, the members of the Second Continental Congress met at the State House in Philadelphia. There were several new delegates including: John Hancock from Massachusetts, Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, and Benjamin Franklin from Pennsylvania. The Second Continental Congress meeting started with the battle of Lexington and Concord fresh in their memories. The Second Continental Congress established the militia as the Continental Army to represent the thirteen states. They also elected George Washington as Commander in Chief of the Continental Army.

__//**Battle of Yorktown**//__
British General Clington along with other general, Lord Cornwallis saild from New York with a fleet of 90 ships and 850 soilders to take controle of the south. British had several major victories After winning the Battle or Savannah in December 1778, the British troops moved on Charlestown, South Carolina. Although Washington sent more troops to support Charlestown.

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