| A | B |
|---|
| mercenary | Hired soldier |
| Hessians | Hired soldiers from this region of Germany. |
| transfer | Move |
| recruit | enlist |
| previous | earlier |
| Molly Pitcher | She carried water pitchers to the Revolutionary War soldiers. Desguised herself as a boy. |
| Loyalists | Americans who remained faithful to Britain and opposed war for independence. |
| Patriots | Americans who were for independence from Britain. |
| General William Howe | British commander who hoped the sheer size of his army would convince Patriots to give up. |
| Nathan Hale | Patriot who was a hero. A spy on the British and was hung. |
| Lemuel Hayes & Peter Salem | African Americans who fought in Revolution at Concord along with 5,000 others. |
| Benedict Arnold | Patriot leader who helped stop British advance at Fort Stanwix, NY |
| General Horatio Gates | Blocked Burgoynes' path to the south and help to surround the British. |
| Battle of Saratoga | Turning point in the war because Americans prevented the British from splitting the colonies and gaining control of the Hudson River. |
| aid | help |
| Bernardo de Galvez | Spanish governor of Louisiana whose forces forced British troops from Baton Rouge and Natchez. |
| Valley Forge | Winter of 1777 horrible time for American army. |
| deserted | left without permission |
| Marquis de Lafayette | French noble who was a leader that supported the Americans. |
| Thaddeus Kosciusko | Polish engineer who helped the American efforts. |
| Sasimir Pulaski | Cavalry officer from Poland who helped Continential Army. |
| Friedrich von Steuben | Former army officer from Prussia came to help Washington. |
| Juan de Miralles | Representative of Spain who helped secure financial aid or the colonies. |
| inflation | takes more money to buy the same amount of goods as earlier. |
| Judith Sargeant | Argued that women's minds are as good as men's and girls should be educated. |
| Abigail Adams | Stood up for women's interests. She push her husband John Adams who was a member of Congress. |
| issue | matter |
| Comte de Rochambeau | French commander. |
| Francois de Grasse | French admiral who led his ships towards Chesapeake Bay instead of NYC |
| strategy | plan |
| Battle of Yorktown | Patriots won took 8,000 prisoners captured over 200 guns. |
| pursue | continue |
| Benjamin Franklin, John Adams & John Jay | Represented the U.S. in Paris for the treaty with Britain. |
| ratified | approved |
| Treaty of Paris | Signed September 3, 1783 a triumph for the Americans recognized independence. |
| ambush | surprise attack |
| Joseph Brant | Mohawk chief who was concerned over war's entanglements in their lands. |
| George Rogers Clark | Lieutenant colonel in the Virginia militia who defeated the British at Vincennes and strenghtened the American position in the West. |
| blockade | To prevent supplies or reinforcements from reaching a location. |
| privateers | Privately owned merchant ships with weapons. Profitable trade. |
| John Paul Jones | American naval officer raided British ports and was a naval hero. |
| Battle of Moore's Creek | 1776 Americans crushed Loyalists and also saved Charles Town from the British. |
| impact | effect |
| General Charles Cornwallis | Commander of British forces in the South. |
| guerrilla warfare | Hit-and-run technique. |
| Francis Marion | Guerrilla leader operated out of the swamps known as Swamp Fox. |
| Nathanael Green | Replaced Gates as commander of the Contiential forces in the South. |
| sustained | suffered |
