| A | B |
|---|
| 13 | # of delegates at 2nd Cont. Congress |
| Thomas Jefferson | wrote Dec. of Independence |
| July 4, 1776 | Dec. of Ind. was signed |
| allies | other countries who help |
| mercenaries | German paid fighters |
| Native Americans | helped British to keep land |
| guerilla tactics | tactic used by the Cont. Army |
| Valley Forge | Cont. Army was cold & hungry |
| Saratoga | turning point for the Cont. Army |
| Yorktown | last major battle of Am. Rev. |
| Benjamin Franklin | went to France to ask for help |
| Treaty of Paris | treaty that ended the Am. Rev. |
| army | 2nd Cont. Congress formed this |
| 1st part of DOI | describes colonists' ideas for gov. |
| 2nd part of DOI | explains why separate |
| 3rd part of DOI | asked England to stop many times |
| women | cooked, nursed, spied, made uniforms |
| British Army | large, professional, strong |
| Continental Army | motivated, knew the land |
| loyalists | did not want to be independent |
| strategy | war plan |
| George Washington | leader of the Cont. Army |
| musket | large gun used by British |
| bayonet | blade at the end of a gun |
| privateers | small fast ships of Cont. Army |
