| A | B |
|---|
| George Washington | commander of the Continental Army. |
| The American Crisis | pamphlet by Thomas Paine urging colonist to keep fighting. |
| Battle of Saratoga | turning point of the war. |
| Marques de Lafayette | Frenchman who volunteered in Washington's army and believed in America. |
| Winter at Valley Forge | about 1/4 of soldiers died because of cold, malnutrition, diseases (small pox/typhoid fever). |
| Lord Corwallis | British general |
| Battle of Yorktown | British surrender to American forces. |
| Treaty of Paris 1783 | ends the Revolutionary War. Six conditions. |
| Six conditions of Paris Treaty | USA was independent;boundries established;fishing rights;repay debts;British return slave prisoners;states return loyalist property. |
| John Paul Jones | "I have not yet begun fo fight!" commander of a famous sea battle. |
| revenue | income$$ to meet its expenses. |
| duty | import taxes |
| militia | a force of armed civilians pledged to defend. |
| repeal | to withdraw/take it back/to revoke. |
| artillery | cannons and large,big guns |
| privateer | privately owned ships that during wartime the government gives permission to attack the enemy. |
| guerrillas | small bands of fighters who weakend the enemy with surprise raids and hit and run attacks. |
| pacifist | opposed to war. |
| republicanism | people would rule - not king |
| ally | a country that agrees to help another country achieve a common goal. |
