Match each of these items with the best possible definition

1. Breed's Hill- Battle of Bunker Hill

2. Seized Fort Ticonderoga- Ethan Allen

3. Mercenaries from Germany- Hessians

4. Common Sense- Thomas Paine

5. Declaration of Independence- Thomas Jefferson

6. Commander-in-chief of the Continental Army- George Washington  

7. "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country'- Nathan Hale

8. American Traitor- Benedict Arnold

9. "I have not yet begun to fight"- John Paul Jones  

10. Secured the western lands- George Rogers Clark

Explanation:

1. When the impending plan of the British to send troops to the hills surrounding the city came to be known, the American troops of about 1,200 men under William Prescott's command Occupied Bunker Hill and Breed's Hill. This place came to be associated with the Battle of Bunker Hill.

2. Ethan Allen, along with Colonel Benedict Arnold, led a small force of Green Mountain Boys in a surprise attack captured the Fort of Ticonderoga.

3. Hessians were the German troops or mercenaries hired by the British to help them in the war during the American Revolution.

4. Common Sense is a pamphlet that Thomas Paine wrote, advocating for the independence of the Thirteen Colonies from the British.

5. Thomas Jefferson is regarded to be the writer of the Declaration of Independence.

6. General George Washington was the Commander-in-chief of the Continental Army that was formed by the Second Continental Congress during the American Revolutionary War.

7. These are the famous last words spoken by Captain Nathan Hale before he was hanged by the British.

8. After he was given command of West Point in 1780, Benedict Arnold made a secret pact with the British to hand over West Point and its men in return for a large sum of money. This conspiracy was discovered and he fled and joined the British in their fight against the Americans, his own country.  

9. When requested to surrender by the British, Captain John Paul Jones replied that "(he has) not yet begun to fight".  

10. George Rogers Clark helped secure the western borders from the British during the war.