Revolutionary War Vocabulary

author of "Common Sense" and "The Crisis"

• Alexander Hamilton

• Thomas Jefferson

• Thomas Paine

• George Washington

man who came up with the Virginia Resolution (the idea that "these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be free and independent States."

• Francis Marion

• Richard Henry Lee

• Charles Cornwallis

• Nathanial Greene

An introduction

• enlist

• resolution

• grievance

• preamble

Spy who said "I regret that I have but one life to give for my country"

• Benedict Arnold

• Patrick Henry

• Nathan Hale

• John Paul Jones

soldiers hired to fight (usually for another country)

• alliance

• civilian

• mercenaries

• privateers

Frenchman who became high ranking in Washington's Army

• Nathanial Greene

• Marquis de Lafayette

• Bernardo Galvez

• Charles Cornwallis

formal complaint

• resolution

• enlist

• alliance

• grievance

an agreement between two powers to work together

• alliance

• enlist

• resolution

• preamble

formal statement of opinion

• grievance

• resolution

• alliance

• calvary

to sign up for duty

• civilian

• calvary

• enlist

• alliance