| A | B |
| Continentals | paper money issued by the 2nd Continental Congress |
| British Advantage | Largest navy in the world and trained troops |
| British Disadvantage | British soldiers had no stake and were fighting across the ocean |
| Rebels Advantage | Fighting for freedom and on their land |
| Rebels Disadvatage | Inexperienced troops and lack of money for supplies |
| Loyalists | Colonists who supported the King |
| 1/3 each | number of colonists who were Loyalists, neutral, or Patriots |
| Women in the Revolution | nurses, camp followers, replacement workers |
| African Americans | Mostly freemen from the North who made up about 4% of the Continental Army |
| Cherokee | Supported the British |
| Catawba | Supported the Americans |
| Swamp Fox | Partisan Francis Marion |
| Partisan | Independent American soldiers who used Guerilla War tactics |
| Began as Tories but switched to Partisans because of British abuses | Backcountry and Mountain Men |
| Fighting Gamecock | Thomas Sumter |
| Wizard Owl | Andrew Pickens |
| British Early Strategy | Defeat New England and the rebellion would die out |
| Later British Strategy | Use the high number of Loyalists in the south to defeat the Patriots |
| Treaty of Paris | 1783 British recognize independence and give all land to Mississippi |
| Guerilla Warfare | raids, ambushes, hit and run tactics |