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The War for Independence MAIN IDEA WHY IT MATTERS NOW Terms & Names Key American victories The American Revolution is today loyalists Charles reversed British advances a national, even international, Patriots Cornwallis during the American symbol of the ght for freedom. Saratoga Yorktown Revolutionary War. Valley Forge Treaty of Paris in ation egalitarianism Marquis de Lafayette One American's Story Benjamin Franklin, the famous American writer, scientist, statesman, and diplo- mat, represented the colonies in London throughout the growing feud with Britain. As resistance in the colonies turned to bloodshed, however, Franklin ed London in 1775 and sailed home to Philadelphia. Ironically, the issue of loyalty versus Independence that was dividing the American colonies from their mother country was also dividing Franklin's own family. Franklin's son William, the royal governor of New Jersey, was stubbornly loyal to King George and opposed the rebellious atmosphere in the colonies.
Benjamin Franklin. •Loyalists •Patriots
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