| A | B |
|---|
| meeting of colonial leaders to deal with the British reaction to Lexington and Concord | Second Continental Congress |
| letter sent by the Patriots to King George III, asking him to repeal the Intolerable Acts | Olive Branch Petition |
| person chosen to lead the Continental army because of his understanding of soldiers | George Washington |
| soldiers hired by the British to help them in the Revolutionary War | mercenaries |
| person who wrote Common Sense and urged the colonies to break away from Britain | Thomas Paine |
| writer of the Declaration of Independence | Thomas Jefferson |
| religious group whose members are pacifists and refuse to take part in war | Quakers |
| person who joined the North Carolina militia to fight at the BAttle of Moores Creek | Mary Slocumb |
| person whose poems supported independence | Phillis Wheatley |
| free African who fought at the Battle of Concord | Peter Salem |
| Polish officer who came to America to fight with the Continental army | Thaddeus Kosciuszko |
| German soldier who helped train the Continental soldiers at Valley Forge | Friedrich von Steuben |
| American victory in the Revolutionary War that led France to help the Patriots | Battle of Saratoga |
| battle that proved the Patriots had won the war | Battle of Yorktown |
| agreement between the British and the Americans at the end of the Revolutionary War | Treaty of Paris |
