| A | B |
| Tories or Loyalists | People who stayed loyal to England. |
| Yankee Doodle | A popular song |
| Blockade | Shutting off a port in wartime |
| Enlightenment | The Age of Reason |
| Traitor | One who betrays his country |
| Neutral | One who does not chose sides in war |
| Patriot | One who supports the revolution |
| Ratify | To formally approve |
| Mercenaries | Soldiers of a foreign power hired to fight. Example- Hessians. |
| Flanks | Sides of an army's battle line |