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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.
W
Wilderness Road
A trail into Kentucky.
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.