| A | B |
| enlist | signed up for duty |
| civilian | people not in the military |
| continental | paper money |
| George Rogers Clark | Forces captured two Mississippi outposts |
| Bernardo de Galvez | Lousiana Governor |
| John Paul Jones | Commander of the American ship Bonhomme Richard |
| privateers | armed civilian ships that attack enemy ships and keep their goods |
| Charles Cornwallis | A British commander |
| guerillas | fighters who work in small groups |
| Francis Marion | led men silently through swamps |
| Nathaneal Greene | took command of the Cntinental army |
| traitor | a person who betrays his country |
| fateful | having important consequences |
| option | choice |