3. American Revolution Memory Monday

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Influential woman who wrote letters to her husband encouraging him to "Remember the ladies."

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Abigail Adams

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Reigned over England during the American Revolution

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King George III

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Commander of the Continental Army

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George Washington

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First African American to serve in a public office. Was a messenger. African American

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Wentworth Cheswell

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Father of the Navy. "I have not yet begun to fight."

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John Paul Jones

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Enslaved person who was a spy prior to the Battle of Yorktown

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James Armistead

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A skilled orator and patriot and made the famous speech “Give me liberty, or give me death!”

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Patrick Henry

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Main author of the Declaration of Independence

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Thomas Jefferson

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French governor and volunteer who became one of Washington’s most valued advisors

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Marquis de Lafayette

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Patriot writer who wrote “Common Sense” and the “American Crisis”

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Thomas Paine