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Chapter 7
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| George Washington | Commander of Continental Army |
| Marquis de Lafayette | French nobleman who supported the American causes helped the Continental Army in the rev. war, and paid for supplies |
| George Rogers Clark | fought on the western frontier |
| Lord Cornwallis | British general who surrounded 8000 troops at Yorktown |
| Baron von Steuben | Helped train the Continental Army and taught them to use a bayonet |
| John Paul Jones | Continental Navy officer who defeated the British ship The Serapis |
| Bernardo de Galvez- | captured British forts in Spanish-owned Louisiana, Alabama, and Florida shortly after the Spanish-American alliance |
| Benedict Arnold | helped the Continental Army in the war before becoming America’s most known traitor |
| Jean Rochambeau | A french commander who helped Washington defeat Yorktown |
| Francis Marion | ” The Swamp Fox” who leads a band of guerilla fighters who destroy British boats, cut British communications |
| Horatio Gates | commander of the southern army who failed and got fired after losing at Camden |
| Nathanael Greene | replaced Gates, one of Washington's best men |
| pacifist- | opposed to war |
| privateer- | A privately owned ship that a wartime government gives permission to attack an enemies merchant ship |
| republicanism | The people would rule instead of the kings |
| Saratoga- | Battle where we won and the French allied with us after that |
| Charles Town | worst defeat number wise |
| Kings Mountain | Major victory where we captured and killed over 1000 British soldiers |
| Camden- | Gates ran out and lost his job because of that |
| Yorktown- | last battle of the Rev. War and Washington, Lafayette, and Green led them to victory |
| “I have not yet begun to fight.” | John Paul Jones |
| “If a country is not worth protecting, it is not worth claiming.” | George Rodgers Clark |
| The soldier’s friend | Marquis de Lafayette |
| Swamp Fox | Francis Marion |
| America’s most famous traitor | Benedict Arnold |
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