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V

Valley Forge

Site in Southeast Pennsylvania

where Washington and his men

stayed in the winter of 1777-1778.

Q

Quartering Act

Act requiring the colonists

to quarter British soldiers

and provide them with

supplies.

E

Ethan Allen

Leader of the

Green Mountain Boys.

K

King Louis XVI

King of France who created

an alliance with America.

L

Loyalists

Colonists who supported

Britain.

I

Intolerable Acts

Also known as the

Coercive Acts meant

to punish Massachusetts

and clamp down on resistance

in the colonies.

S

Sampson, Deborah

21-year old woman who

dressed as a man and

enlisted in the army.

O

Outpost

Military bases usually

on the western frontier.

G

George Rogers Clark

Frontiersman who got

permission from Patrick

Henry to form an army to

capture British outposts on the

Western Frontier

Colonies

B

Breed's Hill

The location where

the battle of Bunker

Hill took place.

A

Angry Colonists

The colonists were angry

about the Acts passed

without their consent

N

Nathaniel Greene

One of Washington's best generals

who took over the South Army after

Horatio Gates' defeat.

H

Henry Hamilton

British leader who took

Vincennes and was known

as the "Hair Buyer" because

he supposedly paid rewards

for American scalps.

ABC's Of The Revolutionary War

W

Wilderness Road

A trail into Kentucky.

By: Caleb Lachinski

Y

Year

The amount of time

American soldiers were

hired to fight.

C

Common Sense

A pamphlet written by

Thomas Paine encouraging

a complete break from Britain.

X

X-factor

The American X-factor

was motivation.

J

John Paul Jones

The commander of the

Bonhomme Richard

and 4 other ships who

inspired American

soldiers by patrolling

English shores and

attacking British

supply ships.

D

Declaration of Independence

Document that declared

American independence from

Britain.

F

Freedom

The patriots fought

for freedom from

Britain.

M

Madison, James

Along with Thomas Jefferson

called for a separation of

church and state.

P

Pacifist

Someone opposed

against all war.

U

Uniforms

The British wore red jackets.

The colonists called them

lobsterbacks or red coats.

T

Treaty of Paris

Treaty that ended the

Revolutionary War.

Z

Zebulon Butler

A colonel in the Revolutionary

War that was defeated in 1778

by loyalists under John Butler

and fled to Forty Fort.

R

Redoubt

A small fort.

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