American History People
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Created by:
Marthmario Plus on December 9, 2011
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cultures, people, Original Highland School Narps
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
George Washington | ![]() The main general of the Continetal Army |
Benedict Arnold | Once American General then traitor |
John Adams | ![]() Signed the D.O.I, defended the soldiers of the Boston Massacre |
Henry Knox | ![]() Took cannons from Ft. Ticonderoga |
General Burgoyne | Led the British through the north and failed to capture Saratoga |
Samuel Adams | ![]() Head of the Sons of Liberty |
Thomas Jeffreson | ![]() Wrote the Declaration of Independence |
General Prescott | General at Bunker Hill |
Nathaneal Greene | Fought along Washington became "Washington of the South" |
Francis Marion | "the swamp fox" "Daniel Morgan of the South" |
Daniel Morgan | ![]() Used guerilla warfare tactics against Burgoyne in the north |
John Winthrop | ![]() Puritan leader of Massachusetts Bay Colony |
John Smith | ![]() Brought order into Jamestown |
George III | ![]() King of England |
Marquis de Lafeytte | French Friend of Washington, helped bring French over, chased Cornwallis to Yorktown |
John Dickininson | ![]() Against independence, proposed olive branch petition |
Anne Hutchinson | Claimed to speak to God; banished by Winthrop |
William Penn | Founder of Pennslyvania; Quaker |
Baron Von Steubon | Prussian, not an actual baron, trained Continental Army |
John Rolfe | ![]() Brought Carribean tobacco to Virginia |
Charles Townshend | Set up the Townshend Acts (internal taxes) |
George Grenville | ![]() Set up the stamp act (external taxes) |
William Pitt | Member of Parliment who repealed the Stamp and Sugar Act |
General Howe | Proposed frontal assault at bunker hill and let Washington escape at the battle of long island |
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