US, Chapter 6 People

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  1. 5. Patriot general who inflicted heavy casualties in a loss to the British at the Battle of Oriskany Costly British victory that hindered British plans in New York during the American War for Independence
  2. 9. One of three British generals who joined Thomas Gage before the Battle of Bunker Hill; became commander in chief of British forces in American in 1778
  3. 10. General who took command of British troops during the Battle of Bunker Hill; in command of New York city during the American War for Independence
  4. 13. British general who failed to catch Washington at Trenton and Princeton; later commanded British forces in the South; surrendered at the Battle of Yorktown
  5. 16. Patriot commander who captured several British posts in the frontier
  6. 18. English political theorist who promoted the social contract theory and wrote Two Treatises of Government
  7. 20. Known as the “Fighting Quaker”; Patriot general who recaptured most of the South from Charles Cornwallis
  8. 21. Patriot schoolteacher and spy who was hanged by the British
  9. 22. French nobleman who fought for the Patriots in the American war for Independence
  10. 24. Virginia planter and surveyor who was a vetern of the French and Indian War, and commander in chief of the Patriot forces in the War for Independence
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  1. 1. One of three British generals who joined Thomas Gage before the Battle of Bunker Hill; defeated by General Horation Gates at the Battle of Saratoga
  2. 2. Patriot general during the American War for Independence known for his courage and the recapture of Stony Point
  3. 3. Pennsylvania financier who served as the superintendent of finance for the Continental Army
  4. 4. Patriot general who fought British forces in the South during the American War for Independence; given the nickname the “Gamecock”
  5. 6. Patriot general in the American War for Independence who commanded the Patriot forces at the Battle of Saratoga
  6. 7. Patriot general who fought British forces in the South; earned the nickname “Swamp Fox”
  7. 8. English political theorist who wrote Commentaries on the Laws of England
  8. 11. Mohawk chief and Christian missionary who fought for the British in the French and Indian War and the American War for Independence
  9. 12. Native of Ireland who was one of the best-known naval heroes of the American War for Independence
  10. 14. Prussian general who drilled Patriot troops into a disciplined army
  11. 15. English author who, in 1766, wrote Common Sense and later wrote The American Crisis
  12. 17. Scottish-born American captain of USS Bonhomme Richard and later the captured vessel USS Serapis
  13. 19. Jewish broker who helped finance the American War for Independence
  14. 23. Virginia congressman who proposed the resolution for independence