| A | B |
|---|
| Thomas Paine | Wrote Common Sense and The Crisis |
| Tyrant | Thomas Paine called King George III this |
| Tyrant | Uses power unjustly |
| George Washington | Head of Continental Army |
| Benedict Arnold | Turned his coat and betrayed his country |
| John Hancock | First to sign the Declaration of Independence |
| Thomas Jefferson | Wrote the Declaration |
| Committee to write the Declaration | John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Roger Sherman, Robert Livingston |
| Nathan Hale | Captured as a spy and said "My only regret is that I have but one life to lose for my country" |
| John Paul Jones | Famous Naval Hero |
| John Paul Jones | "I have not yet begun to fight" |
| General Charles Cornwallis | Commanded British Troops in the South |
| Yorktown | Battle at which Cornwallis surrendered to Washington |
| Treaty of Paris 1783 | Ended the Revolutionary War |
| Sam Adams | Named the incident the Boston Massacre |
| Paul Revere | Engraving of the Boston Massacre that was used as propaganda |
| Peace Treaty committee | John Jay, John Adams, Henry Laurens, Ben Franklin |
| Thomas Paine's "The Crisis" | "These are the times that try men's souls" |
| Mercenaries | People who fight for pay |
| Hessians | German mercenaries hired by British |
| Bonhomme Richard | John Paul Jones' ship |
| Serapis | British Warship defeated by John Paul Jones |
| Loyalists | People who supported rule by king |
| Patriots | People who supported independence |
| Battle of Trenton | Washington defeats the Hessians |
| Delaware River | River Washington had to cross to get to Trenton |
| Princeton | Washington defeats Cornwallis after Trenton |
| Olive Branch Petition | Last effort by Congress for peace |
| Valley Forge | Washington spent the long, cold winter here to train and rest the troops |
| Marquis de Lafayette | Frenchman who supported patriot cause with money and support for Washington |
| Bernardo de Galvez | Governor of Spanish Louisiana that supported the patriot cause with supplies and opened up the Port of New Orleans to Patriot ships |
| Casimir Pulaski | Polish army officer who aided the patriots with training skills |
| Battle of Saratoga | The turning point in the War. After the victory here, the French came in on our side openly |
| British General John Burguoyne | Was defeated by Patriots at Saratoga |
| George Rogers Clark | Led the Patriots in the war in the West and won a victory at Vincennes |
| Battle of Bunker Hill | Actually fought on Breeds Hill and was a psychological victory for Patriots even though the British won the hill |
| Lexington | The "Shot heard 'round the World". The beginning of the Revolutionary War |
| Militia | Civilians serving as soldiers |
| Minutemen | Colonial militia in Massachusetts |
| Francis Marion | Known as the "Swamp Fox". Used guerilla tactics |
