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Tucker- Revolutionary War-4th grade
4th grade key historical figures
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Social Studies
4th Grade
09/21/2017

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George Washington
Definition
• Commander of Military
• Led men to Ohio Valley area, asked the French to leave
• Built Fort Necessity
• Commander of the Continental Army
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Benjamín Franklin
Definition
• Started a printing company
• Made a plan to unite colonies
• Testified against the Stamp Act of 1765
• Helped draft the 1783 Treaty of Paris
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Thomas Jefferson
Definition
• Wrote a pamplet
• He believed the Bristish had no rights over the colonies.
• He believed that the national goverment should have a limited role in the colonies.
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Benedict Arnold
Definition
• Hero of Revolutionary War
• Infamous Traitor fought for the British.
• Served in the French & Indian War
• Member of the Sons of Liberty
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Patrick Henry
Definition
• One of the Founding Fathers of America
• Lawyer, patriot, orator
• Spoke against the Stamp Act
• Famous for his quote “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death:
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Paul Reveré
Definition
• 2 lieutenant in the French & Indian War
• Son of Liberty
• Courier & engraver of propaganda pictures
• Made famous through a poem
• Warned the colonist of the British arrival
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John Adams
Definition
• At 16, he became a lawyer.
• He became a patriot after the Stamp Act
• Lawyer for the British soldiers after the Boston Massacure
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King George III
Definition
• Became the Prince at 12.
• Became the King at 22
• Supported the tax act
• Know by the colonist as an inflexible tyrant
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