| A | B |
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| 1st Continental Congress | meeting of colonial delegates in Philadephia to discuss trouble @ relationship between Britian and colonies |
| Patriots | colonists who chose to fight for independence from Britian |
| minutemen | colonists ready to fight at a minute's notice |
| Redcoats | British soldiers called because of red jackets |
| 2nd Continental Congress | meeting in Philly because King ignored Decleration of Rights. What to do? |
| Continental Army | soldiers from all colonies ready to fight against Britian |
| George Washington | commander of the Continental Army |
| Battle of Bunker Hill | battle that proved Patriots could take on Redcoats |
| Common Sense | written by Thomas Paine argued citizens not kings and queens should make laws |
| Declaration of Independence | formally announced the colonies' break from Great Britian |
| Thomas Jefferson | Declaration of Independence main author |
| Loyalists | colonists who chose to side with Britian |
| mercenaries | foreign soldiers who fought not out of loyalty, but for pay |
| Battle of Trenton | Patriot Victory. Hessians celebrated night before and not ready for attack. |
| Battle of Saratoga | The turning point of the Revolutionary War |
| Battle of Yorktown | The last major battle of the revolution |
| Treaty of Paris 1783 | Great Britian recognized the independence of the United States |
