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| George Washington | Commander of the Continental Army |
| John Burgoyne | British army general in the Revolutionary War, surrendered at Saratoga |
| Thayendanegea | Known as Joseph Brandt the Mohawk chief allied with the British |
| Benedict Arnold | U.S. army general in the Revolutionary War who later turned traitor |
| Horatio Gates | U.S. army general in the Revolutionary war, led the attack at Saratoga and was defeated at Camden |
| Battles of Saratoga | A series of conflicts in 1777 near Albany, New York, also known as the turning point of the war |
| Battles of Trenton and Princeton | Battles in which Washington and his army cross the Delaware river to defeat Hessian mercenaries |
| Battles of Brandywine and Germantown | Battles whose British victories allowed them to capture Philadelphia |
| Barry St. Leger | British officer who led the march south through the Mohawk River valley to rendezvous with Burgoyne |
| Bernardo de Galvez | Spanish governor of Louisiana who was on the side of the Americans |
| Battle of long Island | Howe defeats Washington securing New York City for the British |
| Tadeusz Kosciuszko | Polish engineer who helped the Americans build fortifications or earthen walls |
| Marquis de Lafayette | French aristocrat who volunteered to serve in Washington's army |
| Valley Forge | Site in Southeast Pennsylvania where Washington and his army camped in the winter of 1777-1778 |
| George Rogers Clark | Frontiersman who helped defend the western frontier |
| John Paul Jones | Sea commander who attacked British ships known for "I have not yet begun to fight!" |
| Wilderness Road | A trail into Kentucky |
| American Crisis | A Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine urging the Americans to keep fighting |
| William Howe | Overall British commander during the American Revolution |
| Articles of Confederation | Americas first constitution |
| Battle of Charles Town | British siege of America's largest southern city, in 1780, in which the Americans suffered their worst defeat of the war |
| Lord Cornwallis | British general whose campaigns in the South led to his defeat at Yorktown |
| Battle of Yorktown | Final battle of the war, in which French and American forces led by George Washington defeated British General Cornwallis |
| Francis Marion | Known as the Swamp fox |
| Baron von Steuben | German officer who helped transform the inexperienced American army into a skilled fighting force |
| Treaty of Paris | Ended the Revolutionary War |
| Battle of Chesapeake Capes | Battle in which the French navy prevented the British navy from reinforcing Cornwallis at Yorktown |
| Henry Hamilton | Known as the Hair buyer |
| Nathanael Greene | U.S. army general who was in charge of the southern army and led a spectacular victory at Cowpens using formal battle tactics |
| Bonhomme Richard | The name of John Paul Jones' ship |
| Baron de Kalb | German officer who served in the French army known for his bravery while suffering fatal wounds at Camden |
| Henry Clinton | British general who captured Charles Town |
| Battle of Vincennes | Battle in which Americans secured the Mississippi River ensuring they would continue to receive supplies from the Spanish |
| Jean Rochambeau | French general who led an army south from New York to help set the trap at Yorktown |
| Battle of Oriskany | Battle whose American victory prevented the British army from being able to rendezvous with Burgoyne |
| Battle of Guilford Courthouse | Battle whose American victory forced Cornwallis to retreat to Wilmington, North Carolina along the coast |
