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| 1776 | The year the Declaration of Independence was written |
| William Dawes and Paul Revere | Warned the Patriots that the British were coming |
| Lexington and Concord | The first clash between the Americans and the British |
| taxation without representation | The main cause of the American Revolution |
| Thomas Jefferson | The chief author of the Declaration of Independence |
| George Washington | Commander-in-chief of the American forces |
| patriot | supporter of American's independence |
| loyalist | Americans who sided with the King and Parliament during the American Revolution |
| Battle of Saratoga | The turning point of the American Revolution |
| Thomas Paine | Wrote the pamphlet "Common Sense" |
| life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness | Declaration of Independence's "inalienable rights" |
| Fort Ticonderoga | Upstate NY fort taken from the British by Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys |
| guerillas | Fighters who use hit-and-run tactics |
| Valley Forge | George Washington and his army spent a difficult winter there |
| Hessian mercenaries | German soldiers who were hired to fight for the British |
| Battle of Yorktown | Battle where the British General Cornwallis surrendered to the Continental Army |
| Paris Treaty | Name of treaty ending the Revolutionary War |
| Battle of Trenton | George Washington's army crossed the Delaware River and surprised Hessian soldiers on Christmas |
