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| Lexington & Concord | first battle of the Revolutionary War, fought in Massachusetts on April 19, 1775; British troops to seize the colonists' military supplies and arrest revolutionaries. |
| First Continental Congress | a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies who met from September 5 to October 26, 1774, at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, |
| King George III | The king of Britain during the American Revolutionary War. |
| Bunker Hill | fought on June 17, 1775: outside of Charlestown; Colonial forces forced off Breeds Hill only after running out of gunpowder |
| Olive Branch Petition | adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 5, 1775 and signed on July 8 in a final attempt to avoid war between Great Britain and the Thirteen Colonies in America. |
| Second Continental Congress | convention of delegates, from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the spring of 1775 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; declared Independence |
| Thomas Paine | American Revolutionary leader and pamphleteer (born in England) who supported the American colonist's fight for independence |
| Thomas Jefferson | principle author of the Declaration of Independence; member of the Virginia legislature, Continential Congress, Minister to France and future 3rd President of the U.S. |
| Declaration of Independence | formal document in which the Continental Congress representing the American colonies detailed its reasons for breaking political bonds with Great Britain |
| Loyalist | a colonist of the American revolutionary period who supported the British cause. |
| Patriots | were those colonists of the Thirteen Colonies who rejected British rule during the American Revolution |
| Marquis de Lafayette | a French aristocrat and military officer who fought in the American Revolutionary War commanding American troops in several battles; key figure of the French Revolution |
| Battle of Trenton | took place on the morning of December 26, 1776, in Trenton, New Jersey;nearly the entire Hessian force was captured;significantly boosted the Continental Army's flagging morale, and inspired re-enlistments. |
| Valley Forge | A valley in eastern Pennsylvania that served as quarters for the American army in one winter (1777–1778);his troops suffered from the cold and from lack of supplies. |
| Battle of Saratoga | a battle during the American Revolution (1777); the British under Burgoyne were defeated;resulted in Spain joining France in the war against Britain. |
| Charles Cornwallis | Commander of British forces during the southern phase of the revolution; surrenderd at Yorktown 1781 |
| George Washington | surveyor, Lt. Colonel of the Virginia Militia during the French and Indian War, Planter, member of the House of Burgesses, and First Continential Congress; chosen to be Commander-in-Cheif of Colonial forces against the British |
