| A | B |
|---|
| George Washington | Commander in Chief of Continental Army |
| William Penn | Quaker who founded Pennsylvania |
| John Smith | Saved the colonist during the starving time |
| Mercy Otis Warren | poet who favored revolution |
| Benjamin Franklin | inventor, author, statesman |
| Thomas Jefferson | Author of Declaration of Independence |
| James Madison | Father of the Constitution |
| George Mason | refused to sign the constitution because there was no bill of rights |
| John Locke | Social contract theory |
| Abigail Adams | "rember the ladies" |
| Marquis de Lafayette | helped train Washington's troops |
| Thomas Paine | author Common Sense |
| Crispis Attucks | 1st to die for the cause of freedom |
| King George III | hated tyrant |
| James Armistead | black spy during revolution |
| federalism | division of power between federal and state government |
| checks and balances | keep any one branch of government from becoming too strong |
| popular sovereignty | government gets its power from the people |
| "I have not yet begun to fight" | John Paul Jones |
| "I regret that I have but one life to give for my country" | Nathan Hale |
