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| 372957706 | Hessians | The name given to German mercenaries hired by King George III to help with the conflict in the colonies. | |
| 372957707 | Battle of Yorktown | A battle in which American and French troops cornered British troops under Cornwallis who were waiting for supplies from the navy. Cornwallis had moved to blank in the Chesapeake with the hope of seaborne supplies and reinforcements | |
| 372957708 | Battle of Saratoga | intended to divide New England, but Americans won, revitalized American morale and caused the French to enter the war on the side of the Americans, a key deciding factor in the outcome. | |
| 372957709 | Bunker Hill | The hill provided strategic position from British onslaughts from Boston as the colonists were shooting down on the British. | |
| 372957710 | Treaty of Paris | The treaty that formally ended the American Revolutionary War. The treaty came about after an uneasy period in which King George III still wanted to continue fighting, much to the dismay of the British people. | |
| 372957711 | Patriots/Whigs | rebels who fought against the British crown. They were also known as blank because that the minority faction in Britain that supported the American Revolution. | |
| 372957712 | Loyalists/Tories | were those who remained loyal to the British crown | |
| 372957713 | Declaration of Independence | document that formally established the colonies at "free and independent states." | |
| 372957714 | Common Sense | influential pamphlet by Thomas Paine that gave reasons as to why Americans needed to fight for their independence. | |
| 372957715 | Second Continental Congress | convening of the delegates from all thirteen colonies on May 10, 1775 in Philadelphia. At this time, the conservative sentiment among the delegates was still strong and many still wished to pursue eventual reconciliation with Britain | |
| 372957716 | Natural Aristocracy | The idea that a government had to be ruled by certain leading individuals, often hailing from the higher classes, in order for order to be maintained. Advocates of this concept denounced an outright form of republicanism | |
| 372957717 | Republicanism | A concept of government founded on the belief that power flowed from the people themselves, not from a corrupt and despotic monarch | |
| 372957718 | Natural Rights | concept first developed during the Enlightenment period by John Locke, it came to be used as a key component of the Declaration of Independence and in subsequent democratic documents such as the American Constitution. | |
| 372957719 | Richard Montgomery | Irish-born general who led a campaign against French Canada. | |
| 372957720 | Ethan Allen | notable figure in the American Revolutionary War. He first became involved in conflict with the British government when he purchased land within the New Hampshire Grants but then became embroiled in a land dispute | |
| 372957721 | John Jay | served as a representative to Paris for the peace negotiations after the American Revolutionary War. | |
| 372957722 | Patrick Henry | man who was among the most radical of the revolutionaries, he is best known for his speech before the Virginia Assembly in which he said, "Give me liberty or give me death!" | |
| 372957723 | Marquis de Lafayette | a wealthy young French nobleman who loved glory and liberty, he came to America seeking relief from the boredom in his homeland. The "French gamecock" as he came to be known was made a major general in the colonial army at age nineteen | |
| 372957724 | Thomas Jefferson | Virginia lawyer who was given the task of drafting the Declaration of Independence. Despite his youth, many of his contemporaries already recognized him as a brilliant writer and therefore he was chosen for the task | |
| 372957725 | John Paul Jones | Scotsman who was among the first naval officers for the colonies. | |
| 372957726 | Horatio Gates | An American general who secured the surrender of British troops at the Battle of Saratoga in October 17, 1777. Betrayed Benedict Arnold who was shot in the foot. | |
| 372957727 | Richard Henry Lee | Virginian who at the Philadelphia Congress laid down the decisive course of action in his words, "these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states." | |
| 372957728 | Thomas Paine | Common Sense. | |
| 372957729 | Charles Cornwallis | the British general who lost a significant advantage in Georgia and South Carolina when he pursued after Nathanael Greene and later surrendered his entire army at Yorktown in what has come to be known as one of the concluding battles of the American Revolutionary War. | |
| 372957730 | Benedict Arnold | Betrayed Americans. Washington: "Whom can we trust?" | |
| 372957731 | Nathaniel Greene | Quaker-reared tactician who was able to wear down the British forces using a strategy of delay and retreat. "Fighting Quaker" | |
| 372957732 | William Howe | commanded the British in the Battle of Bunker Hill and later pursued Washington as he retreated from the New York area. Not a great strategist. | |
| 372957733 | George Washington | appointed the head of colonial forces for the first time by the Second Continental Congress |
