| A | B |
|---|
| Benedict Arnold | Failed to get credit for leadership at Fort Ticonderoga, he alter becomes an infamous traitor |
| Ethan Allen | Crude and uncultured, the highly respected leader of the Green Mountain Boys |
| Green Mountain Boys | A militia group from Connecticut and Vermont, they capture 70 cannon from Fort Ticonderoga |
| Fort Ticonderoga | A massive British fort built to guard the passage from Canada to New York up and down the Hudson River valley. |
| Second Continental Congress | Established in 1775 to plan the path toward American Independence. |
| John Hancock | • Member of 2nd Continental Congress. |
| George Washington | • Chosen as Commander in Chief of Continental Army. |
| General Thomas Gage | Inept British General, led loss of Ticonderoga and led retreat to Boston. |
| Triumvirate of Reputation | Top British generals sent to relieve Gage. |
| Battle of Bunker Hill | American loss at Boston, but a moral victory for them. |
| Redcoat | A British soldier. |
| Olive Branch Petition | A final offer by Americans to compromise with British. |
| rudimentary | Very basic. |
| quagmire | A situation that is hard to get out of. |
| adamantly | committed strongly |
| Billy Lee | Washington's personal slave |
| proclamation | a public pronouncement, such as the "Dunmore Proclamation" |
| Thomas Jefferson | Author of the Declaration of Independence |
| Declaration of Independence | Issued July 4th, 1776 |
| Hudson River strategy | British plan to control the Hudson river valley and control New England. |
