| A | B |
|---|
| George Washington | Commander of the Armed forces |
| John Adams | Obnoxious and disliked |
| Molly Pitcher | brought water to the troops |
| Marquis de Lafayette | Frenchman who helped Washington |
| Paul Revere | "The British are coming" |
| John Paul Jones | led the American Navy |
| Deborah Sampson | disguised herself to fight |
| Sam Adams | started the Sons of Liberty |
| John Hancock | President of 2nd Continental Congress |
| Benedict Arnold | traitor to the American forces |
| Ethan Allen | led the Green Mountain Boys |
| Baron von Steuben | trained the American troops |
| George Rogers Clark | led troops in the West |
| Thomas Paine | wrote Common Sense |
| Nathaniel Greene | led American army in the south |
| minutemen | volunteers ready to fight quickly |
| Lexington | first shots fired here |
| Bunker Hill | "don't fire till you see the whites of their eyes" |
| patriots | strong supporters of independence |
| loyalists | colonists faithful to the king and England |
| mercenaries | soldiers who fight for money |
| profiteers | people who demand unfair profits for their goods |
| Battle of Saratoga | turning point of the Revolution |
| guerillas | soldiers who make hit and run attacks |
