| A | B |
|---|
| neutral | not for either side |
| George Rogers Clark | Virginia frontiersman fighting against British in the Ohio Valley |
| Vincennes | British fort taken by Clark |
| John Paul Jones | American naval commander |
| Bonhomme Richard | American ship under Jones which raided British coast |
| Serapis | British ship captured by John Paul Jones moments before his own ship,Bonhomme Richard, sank |
| Mary Ludwig Hays | Known as Molly Pitcher |
| Deborah Sampson | Massachusetts woman, who dressed as a man, fought in the Revolutionary War |
| "Hair Buyer" | Henry Hamilton British commander at Vincennes who was defeated by George Rogers Clark |
| desert | to leave military duty without permission |
| privateer | privately owned ship that a government gives permission to attack an enemies merchant ship |
| The Turtle | American submarine of the revolutionary era |
| Bernardo de Galvez | Spanish governor who fought the British in the South |
| Marquis de Lafayette | French 19 year old nobleman who fought with the Americans |
| Louis XVI | French king who allied his country with America |
| Baron von Steuben | taught American soldiers how to march and use bayonets |
| Valley Forge | Winter camp of the Americans where thousands died of starvation |
| James Forten | African American privateer who was captured by the British |
| "I have not yet begun to fight." | Famous words of John Paul Jones when fighting the British |
