| A | B |
|---|
| Thomas Paine | wrote Common Sense |
| resolution | formal statement or opinion |
| Richard Henry Lee | Introduced the Virginia Resolution |
| preamble | introduction |
| grievances | formal complaints |
| Nathan Hale | "I regret that I have but one life to lose for my country" |
| mercenary | soldier who is paid to fight for a country other than their own |
| alliance | formal agreement between two powers t work together toward a common goal |
| cavalry | units of troops on horseback |
| Friedrich von Steuben | German that helped train the Continental army |
| enlist | sign up for duty |
| civilians | people not in the military |
| continentals | paper money |
| George Rogers Clark | Led milia victories at Vincennes and other areas west of the Appalachians |
| John Paul Jones | "I have not yet begun to fight" |
| privateers | armed civilian ships |
| guerillas | fighters who work in small bands to make hit and run attacks |
| Charles Cornwallis | British Commander that surrenders at Yorktown |
| Francis Marion | Swamp Fox |
| Nathanael Greene | Commanded the Continental Army in the South |
| traitor | person who betrays his or her country |
