| A | B |
|---|
| George Washington | The commander of the Continental Army. |
| mercenary | a professional soldier hired to fight for a foreign country. |
| strategy | an overall plan of action. |
| rendezvous | a meeting. |
| Battles of Saratoga | a series of conflicts between British soldiers and the Continental Army in 1777 that proved to be a turning point in the Revolutionary War. |
| ally | a country that agrees to help another country achieve a common goal. |
| Marquis de Lafayette | A French nobleman who volunteered to serve in Washington's army. |
| bayonet | a long steel knife attached to the end of a gun. |
| desert | to leave military duty without intending to return. |
| privateer | a privately owned ship that has governemnt permission during wartime to attack an enemy's merchant ships. |
| James Forten | a 14-year-old African American sailor who later became famous for his efforts to end slavery. |
| John Paul Jones | Continental officer and commander of the Bonhomme Richard who won the most famous sea battle of the war. |
| Lord Cornwallis | British general who led an army in Camden, South Carolina. |
| guerrillas | a soldier who weakens the enemy with surprise raids and hit-and-run attacks. |
| pacifist | a person morally opposed to war. |
| Battle of Yorktown | the last major battle of the Revolutionary War, which resulted in the surrender of British forces in 1781. |
| Treaty of Paris of 1783 | the treaty that ended the Revolutionary War, confirming the independence of the United States and setting the boundaries of the new nation. |
| republicanism | the belief that government should be based on the consent of the people; people exercise their power by voting for political representatives. |
| Elizabeth Freeman | An African American woman who sued for her freedom in a Massachusetts court and won. |
| Richard Allen | An African American preacher who helped start the Free African Society and the African Methodist Episcopal Church. |
