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Francis Marion

Swamp Fox

Admiral de Geasse

blocked entrance to Chesapeake Bay; prevented Cornwallis from receiving help by sea

Cornwallis

controls southern cities

Marques de Lafayette

led French reinforcements for Washington

General Tomas Sumter

Fighting Gamecock

John Paul Jones

Revolutionary war navel hero

Treaty of Paris

Singed in September 1783, officially ends the war; king recognized the 13 colonies as independence

Nathanael Greene

The fighting Quaker; replaces General Gates in the south

John Burgoyne

marched south from Quebec to Albany to isolate them; his men capture Ticonderoga

Loyalists

people who remained loyal to the king and opposed the War for Independence