Important People

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  1. 1. Planter and Politician known as an orator during the movement for independence in Virginia
  2. 4. African American slave who served the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary
  3. 6. Jewish businessman and political financial broker who immigrated to New York City from Poland
  4. 9. A spanish military leader and colonial administrator
  5. 10. Political writer and propagandist of the Revolution
  6. 12. meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies that met on September 5
  7. 14. Commander in chief of the continental army and the first president of the United States
  8. 16. They made responses to Britain and shared their plans
  9. 18. A person who loves their country enough to fight for it
  10. 20. group of shopkeepers and artisans who called themselves The Loyal Nine, began preparing for agitation against the Stamp Act
  11. 21. President of the United States and the first Vice President
  12. 22. The United States' first well known naval commander in the American Revolution
  13. 25. Treated colonists poorly and passed many taxes
  14. 26. She was the first and second first lady of the United States
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  1. 2. American Founding Father and the principal author of the Declaration of Independence. He was elected the second Vice President of the United States
  2. 3. general during the American Revolutionary War who originally fought for the American Continental Army but defected to the British Army
  3. 5. French aristocrat and military officer who fought in the American Revolutionary War
  4. 7. Revolutionary War veteran in Newmarket, New Hampshire
  5. 8. American silversmith, engraver, early industrialist, and a Patriot in the American Revolution
  6. 11. convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies
  7. 13. First person killed in the Boston Massacre
  8. 15. English-American political activist, philosopher, political theorist, and revolutionary. One of the Founding Fathers
  9. 17. Private colonists who were self trained in weaponry, tactics, and military strategies
  10. 19. Colonists who remained loyal to Britain during the Revolutionary war
  11. 23. One leader of the American Revolution
  12. 24. His writings inspired many American Revolutionaries