Chapter 8 The American Revolution 1776 1783 Vocabulary

Chapter 8: The American Revolution (1776 -1783) Vocabulary

Continental Army Battle of Guilford Courthouse S. C. The army formed by the Second Continental Congress that would defend the colonies as a whole.

Olive Branch Petition The Great Seal of The United States has an Eagle holding an olive branch for peace and arrows for war. A letter of peace drafted by the Second Continental Congress to Great Britain. John Dickenson of Pennsylvanian supported the petition.

Hessians 800 Hessians were captured at the Battle of Trenton. Hired German soldiers who fought for the British.

Patriot Continental Army Infantry One who supported independence from Great Britain for the Thirteen colonies Artist Edward Hicks, Washington at the Delaware (1849)

Loyalist (Tories) Colonel Banastre Tarleton, Loyalist commander of the British Legion, S. C. A colonist who sided with Great Britain during the American Revolution Great Britain raised many regiments of soldiers from loyalist in the colonies.

Thomas Paine’s Common Sense Writer who argued for America to separate from Great Britain.

Lee Resolution First American Flag (1776) Resolution, introduced by Richard Henry Lee, declaring America independent from Great Britain.

Declaration of Independence Artist: John Trumbull, The Declaration of Independence, (1820), oil on canvas. Document stating the 13 colonies were separate from Great Britain.

Treaty of Alliance (1778) Betsy Ross American Flag and French Royal Standard Flag both used in 1778. France agreed to give military assistance to the American army.

Privateers USS Providence Armed, private ships that protected colonial ports. USS Bonhomme Richard Di sconosciuto o non pervenuto - U. S. National Archives and Records Administration, Pubblico dominio, https: //commons. wikimedia. org/w/index. php? curid=17069927

Treaty of Paris (1783) Artist Benjamin West (1783) - http: //www. harpers. org/archive/2008/03/hbc-90002651, Public Domain, https: //commons. wikimedia. org/w/index. php? curid=868138 Treaty ending the Revolutionary War negotiated by Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and John Jay. Great Britain recognizes American independence.