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History Chapter 7
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| John Paul Jones | An officer in 1779, became commander of Bonhomme Richard ship and defeated the British, battling at sea, winning the famous sea battle |
| Richard Allen | A preacher who started the Free African Society and also founded the first African-American church, the African Methodist Episcopal Church |
| Lord Cornwallis | British general of army located in Camden, South Carolina, defeating the Americans |
| Republicanism | The belief that government should be based on the consent of the people |
| Strategy | An overall plan of action |
| Mercenary | A professional soldier hired to fight for a foreign country |
| Pacifist | A person, mainly a Quaker, opposed to war |
| guerrillas | A soldier who weakens the enemy with surprise raids and hit-and-run attacks |
| Battle of Yorktown | The last major battle of the Revolutionary War, which resulted in the surrender of the British forces in 1781 |
| Privateer | A privately owned ship that has government permission during wartime to attack on an enemy's merchant ships. |
| 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 |
| Bayonet | A long steel knife attached to the end of a gun |
| 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 |
| Rendezvous | A meeting |
| George Washington | A man who became the commander of the Continental Army in June of 1775 |
| Desert | To leave military duty without intending to return |
| Ally | A country that agrees to help another country achieve a common goal |
| Elizabeth Freeman | An African American who sued her freedom in Massachusetts court and won, with similar cases following led to the end of slavery in Massachusetts |
| Marquis de Lafayette | A 19 year old French nobleman who volunteered to serve in Washington's army, having a very close bond with Washington |
| James Forten | A 14 year old son of a free African American sail maker, who signed up to sail Royal Louis that refused to get a free trip to England when British captured the ship, and is famous for his efforts to end slavery |
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