| A | B |
|---|
| mercenary | a soldier paid to fight for another country |
| surveyor | person who measures land |
| Martha Washington | wife of George Washington |
| Mary Ludwig Hays | called "Molly Pitcher", carried water to soldiers in battle |
| Ester DeBerdt Reed | formed Ladies Association, first women's organization in North America |
| Margaret Corbin | took over her husband's cannon and fought the British until wounded |
| Nathan Hale | Patriot spy in New York, known for "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." |
| Trenton | New Jersey town occupied by the British |
| John Burgoyne | British general who attempted to capture the Hudson River Valley |
| Thaddeus Kosciuszko | Polish engineer serving with Americans |
| Freeman's Farm | area north of Albany where Patriots won two important battles |
| Benedict Arnold | Patriot general who later became a traitor |
| Treaty of Alliance | agreement signed by France pledging support for the Americans |
| Saratoga | victory here was a turning point for the Patriots |
| Marquis de Lafayette | wealthy French nobleman who volunteered , and worked closely with George Washington |
| Valley Forge | Winter camp for the Patriots, where toops faced many difficulties |
| Friedrich von Steuben | soldier from Prussia who helped train the American soldiers into a powerful army |
| George Rogers Clark | American soldier responsible for taking over the Ohio River valley |
| John Paul Jones | Naval Captain who raided England's coast, famous for say, "I have not yet begun to fight." |
| Francis Marion | known as the "swamp Fox" for his success in South Carolina |
| Nathanael Greene | American General who fought in North Carolina |
| Charles Cornwallis | British commander who fought against Greene |
| James Armistead | Cornwallis' servant, but American spy, who gave false information to Cornwallis |
| Treaty of Paris | peace agreement signed in 1783 which recognized the independence of the United States |
| Joseph Brant | Iroquois leader who sided with the British |
| Second Treaty of Fort Stanwix | Iroquois Confederacy forced out of the Ohio River Valley |
