Wrote the pamphlet “Common Sense
Thomas Paine
“These colonies are, and of right ought to be free independent states”
Richard Henry Lee
Formal statement of opinion or policy
Resolution
Introduction to a declaration or constitution
Preamble
Formal complaint
Grievance
Helped work on the Treaty of Paris and Declaration of Independence
John Adams
Planter who wrote most of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
Wealthy New York land owner
Philip Livingston
English Philosopher “Life, Liberty, Property”
John Locke
Spy and was hung by the British “ I only regret losing one life for my country”
Nathan Hale
Paid killers
mercenaries
An agreement between two people or countries
Alliance
Sent by France to help the PAtriots during war and was a friend of Washington
Marquis de Lafayette
Rode on horseback
Cavalry
Trained American soldiers in use of bayonets (sent by Prussia)
Von Steuben
Put in charge of all British troops
General Howe
Sent by Poland, helped train the soldiers to build forts
Pulaski and Kosciusko
Strategy: to cut New England from the rest of the city called the 3 prong attack
General Burgoyne
Americans surprise and defeat Hessians on December 25,26
Trenton
Where Washington lost most 3,000 troops because of the cold weather
Winter at Valley Forge
The turning Point of the Revolutionary War; october 17,1777
Saratoga
Signed up for duty
Enlist
A person not in the army
Civilian
Paper money
Continental
