| A | B |
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| Redcoats | British soldiers who fought against colonists |
| Continental Army | Formed by continental congress and led by George Washington |
| Lexington and Concord | first military engagements of revolutionary war |
| John Burgoyne | british officer who saw at 7 year war |
| Bunker Hill | battle fought during the seige of Boston |
| Second Continental Congress | delegates from 13 colonies that met in Philly after the start of the war |
| Olive Branch Petition | an attemt to avoid war; affirmed american loyalty to great Britain |
| George Washington | leader of continental army; many tributes to war |
| Thomas Paine | English-American political activists, philosopher, etc. |
| Battle of Trenton | Small battle during the revolutionary war Dec 28 1770 |
| Thomas Jefferson | Founding Father; governor of VA |
| Benjamin Franklin | Founding Father; inventor, etc. helped draft declarartion of independence |
| Valley Forge | military camp where American continental army spent the winter during war |
| Marquis de Lafayette | French aristocrat and military officer who fought in revolutionary war |
| Saratoga | battle that was an important victory to Americans |
| King George III | King of England |
| John Paul Jones | continental navy member & greatest succes in internationalwarriors |
| Yorktown | battle led by George Washington in VA |
| Treaty of Paris | ended the American Revolutionary War |
| Betsey Ross | created first american flag |
| Paul Revere | best known for alerting colonial militia of British forces |
| John Hancock | signed declaration of independence and created it |
| Benedict Arnold | general who started with the continental army but switched to British |
| Henry Knox | member of Boston grenadier corps & volunteer of Bunker Hill |
| Ethan Allen | best known for capture of fort ticonderoga |
| Molly Pitcher | fought in American Battle of Monmouth |
| John Adams | diplomat in Europe & helped write treaty of Paris |
| Francis Marion | military officer & big enemy of British |
| Charles Cornwallis | led campaigns & secured british victories |
| Nathan Hale | soldier for conyinental army volunteered for a intelligence gathering mission in NYC but was captured by British and executed |
| Declaration of Independence | a statement which announced 13 colonies as newly independent states July 4 1776 |
