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  1. 1. American general during the war, betrayed the Continental Army to the British
  2. 4. served in the Continental Congress and helped draft the Articles of Confederation
  3. 6. King of Great Britain during the Revolution.
  4. 8. General of the Revolution and first president of the US.
  5. 10. first secretary of the Treasury, Washington's "right-hand man".
  6. 12. Commander of the Orange County militia, wrote Federalist Papers, 4th president.
  7. 13. helped create the First Continental Congress and in 1774 won election to that body representing Virginia.
  8. 14. served in the Second Continental Congress and helped draft the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Invented the Lightning rod
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  1. 2. Served as an officer in the Virginia militia and drafted the Declaration of Independence.
  2. 3. French man who served as a major general in the Continental Army under George Washington.
  3. 5. Alerted the Colonial militia of the British invasion before the Battles of Lexington and Concord.
  4. 7. known for the capture of Fort Ticonderoga as the leader of the "Green Mountain Boys"
  5. 9. The first American colonist killed in the American Revolution.
  6. 11. Created the pamphlet "Common Sense".