| A | B |
|---|
| preamble | the first part of a document |
| Loyalist | people who supported ties with Great Britain |
| Patriots | people who favored separation from Great Britain |
| Common Sense | pamphlet written by Thomas Paine |
| Continental Army | army of the colonies |
| Olive Branch Petition | a last attempt at peace with Great Britain |
| Tories | another term for loyalists |
| blockade | preventing goods and services from moving in and out of an area |
| pension | payment for military services |
| privateer | privately owned ships |
| Treaty of Paris | finalized peace after Revolution |
| Green Mountain Boys | group led by Ethan Allen |
| your "John Hancock" | signature |
| Battle of Trenton | turning point of the Revolution |
| Marquis de Lafayette | French soldier who fought with Washington |
| John Paul Jones | father of American Navy |
| Molly Pitcher | assisted soldiers in battle |
| Yorktown | final battle of the war |
| Charles Cornwallis | surrendered at Yorktown |
| Nathan Hale | spied for George Washington |
| Treaty of Alliance | French signed to come into the war |
| Valley Forge | soldiers spent a harsh winter there |
| Thomas Jefferson | wrote the Declaration of Independence |
| Hessians | German mercenary soldiers |
| Benedict Arnold | American soldier who later became a traitor |
