| A | B |
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| Ethan Allen | He led the Green Mountain Boys in an attack on Britain's Fort Ticonderoga |
| artillery | cannon and large guns |
| Second Continental Congress | met in Philadelphia and agreed to form the Contiental Army |
| Breeds Hill | where the Battle of Bunker Hill took place |
| Colonel William Prescott | ordered the Militia "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes!" |
| Olive Branch Petition | drafted by Congress asking the King to restor harmony between Britain and the colonies |
| Hessians | German soldiers hired by Britain to fight the colonists |
| George Washington | Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army |
| Benedict Arnold | led American troops in a failed attack against the British at Quebec |
| General William Howe | British general who withdrew 9,000 British troops from Boston |
| Common Sense | A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine to convince Americans a break from Britain was necessary |
| Richard Henry Lee | proposed to Congress that the colonies separate from Britain |
| Thomas Jefferson | Drafted the Declaration of Independence |
| John Hancock | president of Congress who was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence |
| unalienable rights | rights that government can't take away |
| John Locke | the ideas in the Declaration of Independence are based on his philosophy |
| Declaration of Independence | explained reasons for the break with Britain and declared the colonies to be free and independent states |
| treason | what the signers of the Declaration would be accused of if Britain won the war |
