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SS Vocab section 7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| George Washington | Commander of the Continental Army |
| Mercenary | Professional solider hired to fight for a foreign country |
| Strategy | Overall plan of action |
| Rendezvous | Meeting |
| Battles of Saratoga | Series of conflicts that led to a surrender |
| Ally | A country that agrees to help another country to achieve a goal |
| Marquis de Lafayette | 19 year old French Nobleman who volunteered to serve in Washington's army |
| Bayonet | Long steel knives attached to the end of guns |
| Desert | Leaving military duty without the intention of wanting to return |
| Privateer | A privately owned ship that the war government has given permission to attach an enemy's merchant ship |
| James Forten | The son of a free African American sail maker |
| John Paul Jones | Won the most famous sea battle |
| Lord Cornwallis | British general |
| Guerrillas | Small bands of fighters that weaken their enemy with surprise raids and hit and run attacks |
| Pacifist | Opposed to war |
| Battle of Yorktown | The American and French troops bombarded Yorktown with cannon fire |
| Treaty of Paris | Ended the Revolutionary war |
| Republicanism | Instead of a king the people would rule |
| Elizabeth Freeman | Sued for her freedom and won |
| Richard Allen | Helped start the free american society |