Social Studies Test
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Lord Cornwallis | a British general that was the leader of an army that had to battle Horatio Gate’s army
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| guerrilla | a soldier who weakens the enemy with surprise raids and hit-and-run attacks
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| pacifist | a person morally opposed to war
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| Battle of Yorktown | the last major battle of the Revolutionary War, which resulted in the surrender of British forces in 1781
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| Treaty of Paris of 1783 | the treaty that ended the Revolutionary War, confirming the independence of the United States and setting the boundaries of the new nation
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| republicanism | the belief that government should be based on the consent of the people; people exercise their power by voting for political representatives
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| Elizabeth Freeman | an African American who sued for her freedom in a Massachusetts court and won
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| Richard Allen | an African American preacher who helped start the Free African Society
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| George Washington | commander of the Continental Army
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| Mercenary | a professional soldier hired to fight for a foreign country
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| strategy | an overall plan of action
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| rendezvous | a meeting
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| Battles of Saratoga | a series of conflicts between British soldiers and the Continental Army in 1777 that proved to be a turning point in the Revolutionary War
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| ally | a country that agrees to help another country achieve a common goal
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| Marquis de Lafayette | a 19-year-old French nobleman who volunteered to serve in Washington's army, given the command of an army division
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| bayonet | a long steel knife attached to the end of a gun
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| desert | to leave military duty without intending to return
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| privateer | a privately owned ship that has government permission during wartime to attack an enemy's merchant ships
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| James Forten | a 14-year-old boy who was the son of a free African-American sail maker, known for staying loyal to his country
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| John Paul Jones | won the most famous sea battle; commander of a ship named Bonhomme Richard
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