| A | B |
|---|
| 1775-1781 | Duration of the war |
| George Washington | Commander of the Continental Army and First President |
| France | Came to the aid of the Americans to help win the war |
| Loyalists | American colonists on the side of England |
| Patriots | American colonists on the side of America |
| Neutrals | American colonists who did not take sides |
| Lexington and Concord | First battle of the Revolution |
| Treaty of Paris 1783 | Officially ends the Revolution |
| Saratoga | Turning point in the war for the side of the Americans |
| Yorktown | Final battle--British surrender/American wins 1781 |
| Mercantilism | Gets raw materials from colonies/sells back manufactured goods |
| Redcoats or Lobsterbacks | Name for members of British Army |
| Taxation without Representation | Major cause of Revolution |
| Samuel Adams | Sons of Liberty--planned Boston Tea Party |
| Benjamin Franklin | Inventor, publisher, statesman, on the $100 |
| King George III | King of England during Revolution |
| Thomas Jefferson | Father of the Declaration of the Independence/Third President |
| Marquis de Lafayette | Frenchman who helps Americans in Revolution |
| Thomas Paine | Patriot who wrote Common Sense |
| John Paul Jones | Founder of the US Navy |
| Navigation Acts | Made the colonies trade only with England |
| Sugar Act | Tax on sugar and molasses |
| Stamp Act | Tax on legal documents and other paper items |
| Quartering Act | Ordered colonists to give food and shelter to British troops |
| Declaratory Act | Said colonists were still British citizens |
| Townshend Acts | Taxes on British imports/includes tea |
| Coercive or Intolerable Acts | Britain's attempt to make colonists pay for tea from Boston Tea Party |
