| A | B |
|---|
| Redcoats | American term for British soldiers |
| Brown Bess | inaccurate British musket |
| Highlanders | Scottish soldiers in kilts |
| Grenadiers | tall soldiers |
| Hessians | German mercenaries hired by Britain |
| Jagers | Hessian light infantry |
| Native Americans | mostly sided with Britain, fought for plunder and to prove bravery |
| Slaves | many sided with Britain in exchange for freedom |
| Loyalists | American who remained loyal to King George III |
| Patriots | Americans who wanted independence from Britain |
| Continentals | Patriot professional troops |
| militia | part time soldiers |
| light infantry | small soldiers, carried light equipment |
| minutemen | Patriot militia, supposed to be ready in a minute's notice |
| Charleville | French musket used by US forces |
| privateers | legalized pirates |
| Letters of Marque and Reprisal | document that created privateers |
| The Turtle | world's first submarine |
| David Bushnell | invented the Turtle |
| France | country that allied with the US 1778 |
