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ch.7 vocab link
Question | Answer |
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george washington | commander of the continental army |
mercenary | professional soldier hired to fight for a foriegn country |
strategy | overall plan of action |
rendezvous | meeting |
battles of saratoga | series of conflicts that led to the surrender of burgoyne |
marquis de lafayette | 19 year old who volunteered to join washingtons army |
bayonets | long steel knifes attachede to the barrel of a gun |
desert | leave military duty without intending to return |
privateer | privately owned ship |
james forten | son of a free african american sail maker |
john paul jones | won most famous sea battle |
lord cornwallis | british general |
guerillas | small bands of fighters |
pacifist | opposed to war |
battle of york town | american and french troops bomboarded yorktown |
treaty of paris of 1783 | ended the revolutionary war |
republicanism | people would rule |
elizabeth freeman | sued for freedom |
richard allen | helped start the free african society |