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Born January 21, 1738 • Litchfield • Connecticut
Died February 12, 1789 (aged 51) • Burlington • Vermont
Founder Green Mountain Boys
Role In American Revolution • Battle of Bennington • Battle of Ticonderoga

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Benedict Arnold
Benedict Arnold
American general
John Stark
John Stark
American general
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Madeleine Kunin
American politician
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Artemas Ward
United States general
George Washington
George Washington
president of United States
Digitally restored vector painting of President Thomas Jefferson, shown from the chest up wearing a dark coat and white cravat, with a neutral background.
Thomas Jefferson
president of United States
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
American publisher, author, and scientist
Oil portrait by John Trumbull of Alexander Hamilton, shown from the waist up in a tan coat and white cravat, gazing to his left against a dark background.
Alexander Hamilton
American statesman
Gilbert Stuart: portrait of John Adams
John Adams
president of United States
James Monroe
James Monroe
president of United States
Portrait painting of Thomas Paine by John Wesley Jarvis, showing Paine with graying hair, a white cravat, and dark coat against a plain brown background.
Thomas Paine
British-American author
Tadeusz Kościuszko
Tadeusz Kościuszko
Polish general and statesman
Samuel Adams
Samuel Adams
American politician
Fiery speaker
Bernie Sanders
United States senator
Patrick Henry
Patrick Henry
American statesman
Laurens, John; Hamilton, Alexander
John Laurens
American army officer
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Paul Revere
United States military officer and silversmith
Mercy Otis Warren
Mercy Otis Warren
American writer and historian
Nathanael Greene
Nathanael Greene
United States general
Anthony Wayne
Anthony Wayne
American military officer

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