| A | B |
|---|
| First Continental Congress | Colonial delegates in Philadelphia |
| Paul Revere | The British are coming |
| Shots heard around the World | First shots in Lexington and Concord |
| minutemen | milita |
| redcoats | British soldiers |
| George Washington | leader of Continental Army |
| Olive Branch Petition | symbol of peace |
| Battle of Bunker Hill | early battle in Massachusetts |
| thomas paine | wrote Common Sense |
| Thomas Jefferson | wrote Declaration of Independence |
| unalienable rights | life, liberty, pursuit of happiness |
| patriots | wanted independence |
| loyalists | still loyal to the king |
| abigail adams | leader of women |
| july 4, 1776 | independence day |
| molly pitcher | took husbands place at a cannon |
| battle of trenton | sneak attack on Christmas night |
| Benedict Arnold | patriot turned traitor |
| Bernardo de Galvez | Spaniard that helped U.S. |
| Marquies de Lafayette | Frenchman that helped U.S. |
| John Paul Jones | father of U.S. navy |
| George Rogers Clark | american general out west |
| battle of yorktown | cornwallis surrenders |
| Treaty of Paris | ends the revolution |
