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Revolutionary War
Important People
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History
5th Grade
05/15/2011

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King George III
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Leader of British government during the Revolution: taxed the Americans to pay for the F & I War: treated colonists like disobedient children
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Patrick Henry
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made important speeches against British "Give me liberty or give me death!"
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Samuel Adams
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member of Sons of Liberty - very outspoken about his dislike for British rule
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Paul Revere
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warned of the arrival of British before the Battle of Lexington and Concord
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John Hancock
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rich delegate from Massachusetts to Continental Congress - named President of the Continental Congress - elected governor of Massachusetts 11 times
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