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| (1732-1799)A Virginian who was made commander of the Continental Army in June 1775. |
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| A professional soldier hired to fight for a foreign country. The German Hessians were mercenaries fighting for the British against the Americans. |
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| A series of battles in New York fought in 1777 which resulted in British Gen. Burgoyne’s surrender & a major American victory. |
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| A country that agrees to help another country to achieve a common goal. France was an ally to the U.S. during the Revolutionary War. |
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| A 19-year-old French nobleman who volunteered to serve in Washington's Army. |
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| American Naval officer whose ship, the Bonhomme Richard, defeated the British ship, Sarapis in 1779. He said, “I have not yet begun to fight!” |
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| British general whose army was finally surrounded and defeated at the Battle of Yorktown in 1781. |
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| Final battle of the Revolution where Cornwallis’s Army was surrounded and forced to surrender on 19 October 1781. |
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| 9. Treaty of Paris (1783) |
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| Treaty that ended the Revolution in 1783 giving the U.S. independence from Britain and all land from the Atlantic Coast to the Mississippi River. |
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| The belief that government should be based on the consent of the people who exercise their power by voting for political representatives. |
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