| A | B |
| Peter Salem | free african fought at the battle of Concord |
| Phillis Wheatley | wrote poems about war |
| Mary Slocomb | fought at the battle of Moores Creek |
| Quakers | Religious refused to take part in war |
| Thomas Jefferson | wrote the Declaration of Independence |
| Thomas Paine | He wrote Common Sence |
| Mercenaries | soldiers hired by the British |
| George Washington | leader of the Continenal army |
| Olive Branch Petition | letter to King George to repeal the Intolerable Acts |
| Second Continenal Congress | met to deal with the British at Lexington and congress |