Who led the Continental Army to victory against the British and thus won American independence?

George Washington

Explanation:

George Washington was leader of the continental army. He led the army through six years of grueling war to gain American Independence. He later became the first president of the new United States of America.

it's not the readmission

after the senate and the house passed different bills and deadlock threatened, a compromise bill was worked out with the following provisions: (1) missouri was admitted as a slave state and maine (formerly part of massachusetts).