| A | B |
| Patriots | supporters of Independence |
| Loyalists | supporters of the king |
| Continental Army | American army during the Revolution |
| Tarleton's Quarter | Giving no mercy to enemy |
| Declaration of Independence | declared American Independence |
| Common Sense | Pamphlet made argument for independence |
| Guerilla Warfare | making surprise raids on the enemy by irregular soldiers |
| Sergeant Jasper | saved the flag at Ft. Maultrie |
| giving one's parole | oath promising not to fight the British again |
| Colonel William Moultrie | commanded fort on Sullivan's Island |
| The Gamecock | Thomas Sumter |
| The Swamp Fox | Francis Marion |
| The Wizard Owl | Andrew Pickens |
| Nathanial Greene | commander of American forces in the South |
| George Washington | Commander-in-cheief of Continental Army |