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The sole New York representative to remain at the Constitutional Convention, he would become more influential as co-author of the Federalist Papers.
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B.
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She was martyred trying to join her Loyalist love, but her story would more famously become Patriot propaganda.
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C.
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English intellectual whose anti-"divine right" stance on the monarchy and popular 1776 pamphlet made him one of the more significant voices for liberty.
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D.
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Synonymous still today with the word traitor; had he not sold out his nation, he would be remembered instead for his namesake, now the U.S. Military Academy.
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E.
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Much more than the wife of a politician, her letters with her husband paint her as both one of the first true women reformers in America, and a passionate advocate.
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F.
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A noted English General who showed firsthand the power of the British military with his overwhelming but taxing charge on Bunker Hill.
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G.
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One of three authors of the Federalist Papers, this lawyer's writings would help to sway New York to ratify the Constitution.
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H.
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Perhaps best known for his role in the battle of Oriskany, this English General successfully led a diverse regiment against an equally diverse and somewhat ironic Patriot force.
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I.
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British commander in New York who helped guarantee that promises made to American slaves would be honored.
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J.
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Considered one of the leading political thinkers of the Revolutionary period, this future president had training in almost any imaginable act of government on any level.
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K.
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Writing under the name "A Columbia Patriot," her contributions are considered some of the most powerful Antifederalist literature during the debates.
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L.
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Outspoken Virginia Governor; still recognized for his Virginia Resolves, his skepticism kept him away from participating in the Constitutional Convention
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M.
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Though coming into command late in the war, he was very successful at recruiting slaves to the British side to serve as guides and navigators.
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N.
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Sometimes better known as "Mum Bett," she successfully sued for her freedom in 1781, the first to do so in Massachusetts.
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O.
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Known as the hero of Saratoga, even his loss at Camden would be effective at rallying support to the Patriot cause.
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P.
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He would be the guiding force that would quickly and violently plow the British army from South Carolina to Virginia during the heart of the southern campaign.
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Q.
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He spoke for the U.S. in negotiations with the Seneca and Mohawk during a land dispute at Fort Stanwix.
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R.
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A farmer in western Massachusetts; his frustrations with the Boston elites in power led to violent response on local authority.
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S.
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Noted in Philadelphia for his business savvy, he would be tabbed as the superintendent of finance in 1781.
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T.
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As author of the Virginia Bill of Rights, his use of the terms free and independent were akin to hypocrisy.
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