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| Peter Salem | free African who fought at the Battle of Concord |
| Second Continental Congress | meeting of colonial leaders to deal with the British reaction to Lexington and Cocord |
| Battle of Yorktown | battle that proved the Patriots had won the war |
| Friedrich Von Steuben | German soldier who helped train the Continental soldiers at Valley Forge |
| Treaty of Paris | agreement between the British and Americans at the end of the Revolutionary War |
| mercenaries | soldiers hired by the British to help them in the Revolutionary War |
| Phillis Wheatley | person whose poems supported the Revolutionary War |
| Olive Branch Petition | letter sent to King George III asking him to repeal the Intolerable Acts |
| George Washington | person chosen to lead the Continental Army because of his understanding of soldiers |
| Battle of Saratoga | American victory in the Revoloutionary War that led France to help the Patriots |
| Thomas Jefferson | writer of the Declaration of Independence |
| Mary Slocumb | person who joined the North Carolina militia to fight the battle of Moore's Creek |
| Quakers | religious group whose members are pacifists and refuse to take part in war |
| Thomas Paine | person who wrote Common Sense and urged the colonists to break away from Britain |
| Tadeusz Kosciuszko | Polish officer who came to America to fight with the Continental Army |
| Continental | a soldier in the first colonial army which was headed by George Washington |
| enlist | to join |
| political cartoons | a cartoon that expresses opinions about politics or government |
| revolution | a sudden, complete change (of government) |
| independence | freedom to govern on one's own |
| allegience | loyalty |
| declaration | an official statement |
| grievance | a complaint |
| neutral | not taking a side in a conflict |
| pacifist | a believer in a peaceful settlement of a conflict |
| movement | a effort by many people |
| encroach | to move onto without asking permission |
| regiment | a troop ofsldiers |
| siege | a long-lasting attack |
| treaty | an agreement between countries |
| negotiate | to talk wih one another to work out an agreement |
