Key Terms #4
War of Independence
1. Petition: a formal request (Continental Congress sent a petition
to King George III.)
2. Thomas Paine: author of Common Sense, a pamphlet that
condemned the king and called for complete separation from
Britain
3. Declaration of Independence: document written by Thomas
Jefferson and was approved by the Second Continental
Congress on July 4, 1776; colonies announce or declare their
independence from Britain
4. Preamble: introduction (The Declaration of Independence
begins with a preamble)
5. Patriots: Americans who supported independence
6. Neutral: taking neither side in the conflict
7. Loyalists: people who remained loyal to Great Britain
8. Bernard de Galvez: Spanish governor of Louisiana who raised
an army against the British when Spain declared war on Britain
in 1779
9. Marquis de Lafayette: French nobleman who was a trusted aid
to George Washington
10.
guerilla warfare: a hit-and-run technique used in fighting
a war; fighting by small bands of warriors using tactics such as
sudden ambushes
Key Terms #4 War of Independence
1. Petition: a formal request
(Continental Congress sent a
petition to King George III.)
2. Thomas Paine: author of
Common Sense, a pamphlet that
condemned the king and called
for complete separation from
Britain
3. Declaration of Independence:
document written by Thomas
Jefferson and was approved by
the Second Continental
Congress on July 4, 1776;
colonies announce or declare
their independence from Britain
4. Preamble: introduction (The
Declaration of Independence
begins with a preamble)
5. Patriots: Americans who
supported independence
6. Neutral: taking neither side in
the conflict
7. Loyalists: people who remained
loyal to Great Britain
8. Bernard de Galvez: Spanish
governor of Louisiana who raised
an army against the British when
Spain declared war on Britain in
1779
9. Marquis de Lafayette: French
nobleman who was a trusted aid
to George Washington
10.
guerilla warfare: a hitand-run technique used in
fighting a war; fighting by
small bands of warriors
using tactics such as sudden
ambushes