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| Second Continental Congress | Met in 1775 and formed the Continental Army |
| George Washington | Continental Army commander |
| Olive Branch Petition | A letter sent to King George III stating that war could be avoided if the Brittish government would give the colonies greater freedom to govern themselves. |
| Thomas Paine | Wrote a pamphlet called Common Sense |
| Common Sense | Pamphlet that said it's "time to part" with Britain and have our own government. |
| Declaration of Independence | Stated that all people are born with certain unalienable rights, meaning rights that cannot be taken away. |
| Thomas Jefferson | Writer of the Declaration of Independence |
| Signers of the Declaration of Independence | Considered traitors by the British government |
| traitor | someone who tetrays (or goes against) his country |
| Henry Knox | Dragged the Brittish cannons captured by the Green Mountain Boys |
| Boston | City where Washington set up stolen British cannons on the hills around the city |
| Trenton | City where Washington led a surprise on the Hessian soldiers. |
| Christmas Day 1776 | Washington crossed the Delaware River.Ve |
| Victory at Trenton, New Jersey | Gave Americans new hope |
| Battle of Saratoga | Turning point of the war, Brittish general, John Burgoyne, surrendered his entire army to the Americans, French helped Americans after this battle. |
| Benedict Arnold | Key American leader in the Battle of Saratoga |
| Traitor who joined the British after Battle of Saratoga | Benedict Arnold |
| Valley Forge | Washington's army became a professional army |
| Baron Friedrich von Stueben | German who drilled the Continental Army at Valley Forge turning them into a professional army |
| Molly Pitchers | Women who carried water to soldiers during battle |
| Mary Ludwig Hays | 1st Molly Pitcher, carried water and fired cannons when her husband collapsed in battle |
| Battle of Monmouth | Mary Hays helped fire cannons in this battle |
| Marquis de Lafayette | 19-year-old French soldier who joined Washington's Army at Valley Forge. |
| France, Germany, and Spain | Helped Americans fight against British by capturing forts along the Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico |
| Francis Marion | called Swamp Fox because he led surprise attacks on the British in the South |
| George Rogers Clark | Led a surprise attack on the British at Fort Vincennes in Indiana |
| John Paul Jones | Led America's small navy who refused to surrender even when his ship was sinking and came back to win the battle. |
| "I have not yet begun to fight" | John Paul Jones' famous words |
| Battle of Yorktown | Last major battle of the war |
| Gernal Charles Cornwallis | British general who surrendered in the Battle of Yorktown |
| Treaty of Paris | ended the Revolutionary war in 1783 |
| Benjamin Franklin's famous words | said "We must all hang together or we shall all hang separately." |
| Ethan Allen | Led the Green Mountain Boys |
| Green Mountain Boys | Captured Fort Ticonderoga and took the British cannons |
| Nathan Hale | Young schoolteacher who was sent to the British camp by George Washington to spy on the British. He was caught and hung as a spy by the British. |
| "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." | Nathan Hale's famous words |
