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Eight "foreigners" helped win American Independence
A tribute to eight non Americans who signed the Declaration or aided the American cause. Button Gwinnett Robert Morris James Wilson John Witherspoon Francis Lewis and four other English Scottish Irish born signers are highlighted for their roles in Georgia Pennsylvania New Jersey and New York during the Revolution.
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Philadelphia
America
North America
Elis Majesty
George III
England
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
Button’ Gwinnett
George Washington
Bristol
Charlieston
Savannah
St. Catherine's Island
Colony of
Georgia
Gwinnett
Continental Congress
Ase
Ate
Ile
Continental Brigade
Lachland McIntosh
McIntosh
Button Gwinnett
Robert Morris
Natriot
Wriiten
Invernool
Charles Willing
Willing
Thomas
Morris
Ways and Means
Nathanael Greene
Greene
Washington
Cornwallis
Yorktown
Bank of North America
Pennsylvania
United States Senate
Ailihktdelphia
Wilson
St.Andrews
Congress
Middle District
New Jersey
Supreme Court
Edenton
N. CG
Iga Witherspoon
Gifford
Haddingtonshire
Witherspoon
Md.inburgh University
Belth
Wpalsley
Gasgow
Ayr
Princeton
United States
Continental ‘Congress
Tie
Assembly
Janes Smith
Ire
Susquehanna
Young Smith
College of
Shippensburg
York
Smith
Great Britain
Benjamin Rush
Waring
George Taylor
Durham
Taylor
Philladelphia
Durlam
Provincial Assembly
Committee of Safety
Engeland
Delgates
Iaston
Matthew ‘Bhornton
Emnerald Isle
Thorntons
Maine
Massachusetts
Matthew
Leicester
Londondarry
N. T
Louisburg
New Hampshire
Thornton
Court of Common Pleas
Superior Court of
Newburyport
Mass
Band of Immortals
Francis Lewis
Llandaff
Westminster School
St. Paul's
Iife
London
New York
Oswego
Hugh Mercer