Match the following items with the best possible description. 1. foreign mercenaries Common Sense 2. document stating why colonists were fighting in Boston Hessians 3. booklet advocating independence from England Olive Branch Petition 4. directed by Virginia colonists to present a resolution of independence Lafayette 5. wrote Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson 6. Frenchman who fought for the colonists Richard Henry Lee

Answer with explanation:

We are to match the items with their best possible description:

1. Foreign mercenaries - Hessians

(German mercenary were the soldiers who served in the Revolutionary war)

2. Document stating why colonists were fighting in Boston - Olive Branch Petition

(this petition was an attempt by the colonists to avoid going to revolutionary war.)

3. Booklet advocating independence from England - Common Sense

(Common Sense was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine)

4. Directed by Virginia colonists to present a resolution of independence - Richard Henry Lee

(Richard Henry Lee was a statesman who played a huge role in creation of the United States)

5. Wrote Declaration of Independence - Thomas Jefferson

(he was the third president of USA who wrote the declaration of independence)

6. Frenchman who fought for the colonists - Lafayette

(Lafayette declined the offer of becoming the dictator and fought for colonists instead)