| A | B |
|---|
| independent | Free; a country that rules itself. |
| Declaration of Independence | An important paper that said the American colonies were a free nation. |
| equal | People who have the same importance. |
| Loyalists | Americans who did not want the 13 colonies to become independent. They helped Great Britain during the American Revolution. |
| general | An important army leader. |
| Thomas Jefferson | In 1776, he was asked to write the Declaration of Independence. |
| George Washington | The leader of the American army during the American Revolution. |
| 1775 | The year that the American Revolution began. |
