Vocabulary Review - Chapter 9

Second Continental Congress

• Second meeting of American leaders who made decisions for the colonies and formed a Continental Army.
• Patriot soldiers from Vermont, led by Ethan Allen.
• A battle fought between the Americans and the British:  turning point of the American Revolution.
• A soldier from one country paid to fight for another country. 

Continental Army

• Second meeting of American leaders who made decisions for the colonies and formed a Continental Army.
• A soldier from one country paid to fight for another country. 
• An Army with soldiers from all 13 colonies: formed by the Second Continental Army.
• The treaty that officially ended the American Revolution; Great Britain recognized the United States of America as an independent nation.

Olive Branch Petition

• A battle fought between the Americans and the British:  turning point of the American Revolution.
• A petition from Congress to King George III that asked for more freedom for the colonists to govern themselves.
• A person who works against his or her country.
• A document stating why the colonies wanted Independence.

Declaration of Independence

• A person who works against his or her country.
• The treaty that officially ended the American Revolution; Great Britain recognized the United States of America as an independent nation.
• A soldier from one country paid to fight for another country. 
•   A document stating why the colonies wanted Independence.

traitor

• Patriot soldiers from Vermont, led by Ethan Allen.
• A person who works against his or her country.
• A soldier from one country paid to fight for another country. 
• An Army with soldiers from all 13 colonies: formed by the Second Continental Army.

Green Mountain Boys

• An Army with soldiers from all 13 colonies: formed by the Second Continental Army.
• The treaty that officially ended the American Revolution; Great Britain recognized the United States of America as an independent nation.
• A soldier from one country paid to fight for another country. 
• Patriot soldiers from Vermont, led by Ethan Allen.

mercenary

• An Army with soldiers from all 13 colonies: formed by the Second Continental Army.A soldier from one country paid to fight for another country. 
• The treaty that officially ended the American Revolution; Great Britain recognized the United States of America as an independent nation.
• A battle fought between the Americans and the British:  turning point of the American Revolution.
• Second meeting of American leaders who made decisions for the colonies and formed a Continental Army.

Battle of Saratoga

• A petition from Congress to King George III that asked for more freedom for the colonists to govern themselves.
• The treaty that officially ended the American Revolution; Great Britain recognized the United States of America as an independent nation.
• A battle fought between the Americans and the British:  turning point of the American Revolution.
• An Army with soldiers from all 13 colonies: formed by the Second Continental Army.

Treaty of Paris

• A document stating why the colonies wanted Independence.
• A petition from Congress to King George III that asked for more freedom for the colonists to govern themselves.
• Second meeting of American leaders who made decisions for the colonies and formed a Continental Army.
• The treaty that officially ended the American Revolution; Great Britain recognized the United States of America as an independent nation.

Who wrote the pamphlet called Common Sense that helped convince all that it was "time to part" with Britain?

• John Adams
• Thomas Jefferson
• Thomas Paine
• John Hancock