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Though defeated in the Revolution, he went on to become Governor-Gen. of India
Cornwallis
In July 1777 Congress granted a commission but no command to this 19-year-old French nobleman
the Marquis de Lafayette
Rousing the countryside in April 1775, William Dawes arrived in Lexington soon after this man
Paul Revere
On April 24, 1778 this naval hero captured the Drake, the first British ship defeated in war by an American ship
John Paul Jones
Born Jan. 12, 1737 in Massachusetts, served in the state's general court, signed out Oct. 8, 1793
John Hancock
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