| A | B |
|---|
| George III | King of England when mounting tensions took place between England and America |
| treason | attempting to overthrow the government |
| mercenaries | paid (professional) soldiers |
| Hessians | paid mercenaries from Hessia |
| Common Sense | pamphlet written by Thomas Paine calling for the colonists to split from England |
| Patriots | Americans who favored separation |
| Loyalists | Americans who supported the British government |
| Richard Henry Lee | (VA) wrote the "Resolution of Independence" - said these united colonies had the right to be independent |
| Thomas Jefferson | (VA) wrote the Declaration of Independence |
| grievances | complaints |
| Preamble | introduction - states why the colonists wanted their separation from England |
| General William Howe | commander of British soldiers at the beginning of the Revoluntary War |
| Trenton & Princeton | these two battles were fought in the beginning of the war and saved the American cause |
| continental | paper money to be used as currency instead of British coins - later became useless |
| Saratoga | Gereral Burgoyne was defeated here |
| General Burgoyne | British commander who recaptured Fort Ticondergoa |
| General H. Gates | American's commanding officer for the northern campaigns - he won at Saratoga |
| Valley Forge | the French joined the American cause here which encouraged the colonists |
| Abigal Adams | crusader for women's rights - wife of John Adams |
| Molly Pitcher | she carried water to the gunners and took over for her husband when he was killed in battle |
| Benedict Arnold | tried for treason for trying to give West Point to the British |
| Lord Cornwallis | commander of British forces in the South |
| Lafayette | French general who helped colonists beat Cornwallis at Yorktown |
| Yorktown | (VA) Cornwallis was defeated here by the colonists |
| Treaty of Paris 1783 | acknowledged American independence |
| Treaty of Paris 1783 | the New Nation received land from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River |
| Treaty of Paris 1783 | New Nation gained an area 4x the size of France & 10x the size of Great Britian |
