| A | B |
|---|
| Thomas Jefferson | person who wrote the Declaration of Independence |
| Loyalists | colonists who stayed loyal to Britain during the Revolution |
| traitor | person who betrays his/her own country |
| Thomas Paine | author of Common Sense |
| John Dunlap | person who printed the Declaration of Independence |
| Patriot | colonists who supported the American Revolution |
| Mary Katherine Goddard | person who produced the first copies of the Declaration of Independence that included all signers |
| Common Sense | pamphlet that showed how colonists had nothing to gain from staying under British rule |
| John Hancock | person who was the President of the Continental Congress who signed the Declaration of Independence first |
| Declaration of Independence | document that stated the colonists had become a free and independent nation |
