4. Loyalists- Loyalists were part of the British Forces that fought to

hold onto their territories in North America. About 16% of the total American population were colonists who did not want to break away from Britain. That meant that 500,000 colonists wished to remain loyal to the British crown. They were mostly farmers. They were called British Empire Loyalists because of their loyalty as British subjects. http://www.plpsd.mb.ca/amhs/history/loyalists.html

 

 
  1. Salem Poor- http://hyperion.advanced.org/10320/Poor.htm

 

  1. Peter Salem- Peter Salem and two other blacks Cuff Whitemore and Salem Poor were honored for bravery. Salem became one of the 5,000 blacks to join the whites in Bunker Hill. Peter Salem had already fought at Lexington. Peter Salem got awarded for fighting in the Revolutionary War. The name Salem comes from the privateering port where all of the sailers went during the ,Revolutionary War when people were fighting on their boats. http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/k12/history/rbs/salem.html

7. Thayendangea-http://www.sonic.net/~caddpro/Thayendanegea.htmThe Mohawk Indian chief also known as Joseph served as a spokesman for his people, a Christian missionary of the Anglican church, and a British military officer during the U.S. War of Independence. He is remembered for his efforts in unifying upper New York Indian tribes... Thayendanegea fought on the English side during the American Revolution. At war's end, Brant chose to remain under the Crown and requested land in Canada for his people. Through the efforts and negotiations of Joseph Brant, the Six Nations were granted a tract of land six miles in depth on each side of the Grand River from its mouth to its source. In 1784,Brant led his tribes from their lands in the Mohawk valley of Upper New York State to the Grand River Basin. Where they crossed the river became known as Brant's ford. A village was established at Brant's ford and, hence, the location and history of Brantford had begun...

 

8. Margaret Corbin- Margaret Cochran Corbin fought alongside her husband in Margaret Cochran Corbin fought alongside her husband in the American Revolutionary War and was the first woman to receive pension from the United States government as a disabled soldier. She was born Nov. 12, 1751 near Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., orphaned at the age of five and was raised by relatives. When she was twenty-one she married John Corbin. John joined the Continental Army when the American Revolution started four years later and Margaret accompanied her husband. Wives of the soldiers often cooked for the men, washed their laundry and nursed wounded soldiers. http://www.wizards.com/arc_system/c23.asp American Revolutionary War and was the first woman to receive pension from the United States government as a disabled soldier. She was born Nov. 12, 1751 near Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., orphaned at the age of five and was raised by relatives. When she was twenty-one she married John Corbin. John joined the Continental Army when the American Revolution started four years later and Margaret accompanied her husband. Wives of the soldiers often cooked for the men, washed their laundry and nursed wounded soldiers. http://www.wizards.com/arc_system/c23.asp

 

9. Molly Pitcher- An Artillery wife, Mary Hays McCauly (better known as Molly Pitcher) shared the rigors of Valley Forge with her husband, William Hays. Her actions during the battle of Monmouth on June 28, 1778 became legendary. That day at Monmouth was as hot as Valley Forge was cold. Someone had to cool the hot guns and bathe parched throats with water. Across that bullet-swept ground, a striped skirt fluttered. Mary Hays McCauly was earning her nickname "Molly Pitcher" by bringing pitcher after pitcher of cool spring water to the exhausted and thirsty men. She also tended to the wounded and once, heaving a crippled Continental soldier up on her strong young back, carried him out of reach of hard-charging Britishers. http://sill-www.army.mil/pao/pamolly.htm

 

10. Deborah Sampson Gannett -The new soldier serves bravely for a year and a half. It is not until he is hospitalized with fever that his secret is discovered. Private Shurtliff is really a woman - 23 year-old Deborah Sampson! Because her mother was too poor to take care of her, Deborah had been sent away from home at an early age. For ten years, she was a servant for the Deacon Thomas family in the Massachusetts Bay Colony town of Middle borough, looking after four growing c hildren and doing chores. Deborah was too busy even to go to school. Besides, in the late 1700's people didn't think schooling was important for girls - girls couldn't even

learn a trade as men could.

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