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| A battle that took place in New Jersey. The Patriots attacked on Christmas night and the Hessian mercenaries surrendered. This gave the American troops a hope for the future. |
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| A battle that took place in New York. It was really two battles that lasted 3 weeks. the Patriots won and this was a turning point in the war. |
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| This place in Pennsylvania was used by Washington to keep a close watch on the British. The conditions here were harsh for the soldiers. |
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| This battle took place in Indiana. A Western frontier battle that the British lost. |
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| This battle took place in Virginia. French and American soldiers encircled this town and forced Cornwallis to surrender. This was the final battle of the Revolutionary War. |
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| This document named the United States of America as a new nation and set the new nation's borders. It was signed in Paris, France. |
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| Passed by congress to govern the Northwest territory and forming new states. It said more than 60,000 people would be a state, promised freedom or religion, and no slavery. |
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| to end/ a person who wanted to end slavery |
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| a series of military actions carried out for a certain goal |
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| a person who is not in the military |
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| an economic condition which results in an increase in the price of goods. |
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| a person who remained loyal to the British king |
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| a soldier who serves for pay in the military of a a foreign nation |
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| to try to reach an agreement among different people |
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| a colonist who was against British rule and supported the rebel cause in the American colonies |
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| charging an extra-high price for a good or service |
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| someone who acts against his or her own government |
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| land that belongs to a nation but is not a state and is not represented in the national government |
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| African American who served a s a spy for the Patriots during the Revolutionary War. |
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| Continental Army officer who later became a traitor and worked for the British during the Revolutionary War. |
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| British general who surrendered at the Battle of Yorktown. |
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| African American woman from Massachusetts who sued for, and won her freedom in 1780. |
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| Spanish governor of Louisiana who helped the Americans in the Revolutionary War. |
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| Continental Army officer who led Americans to a major victory against the British at Cowpens. |
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| American Revolutionary hero who was hanged by the British for spying for the Patriots. |
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| American naval officer during the Revolutionary War. |
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| French soldier who fought alongside the Americans in the Revolutionary War. |
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| a leader of the Miami tribe, also known as Little Turtle. He battled American forces in the 1790s. |
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| Massachusetts woman who disguised herself as a soldier to fight for the Americans in the Revolutionary War. |
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| Seneca chief, also known as Red Jacket, who urged his tribe not to sell its land. |
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| German soldier who helped train American troops during the Revolutionary War. |
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| First President of the United States and leader of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. |
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| Wife of George and helped clean and cook for the troops. |
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| Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley |
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| Woman who earned the nickname, Molly Pitcher because she carried water to American soldiers during the Battle of Monmouth. |
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