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American History
Chapter 6 American Revolution
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Guerilla | Fighters who work in small bands |
| Privateer | Armed civilian ships |
| Continental | Paper money |
| Civilian | people not in the military |
| enlist | sign up for duty |
| calvary | units of troops on horseback |
| Traitor | someone who turns against one side. |
| alliance | a formal agreement between two powers |
| mercenary | soldiers who are paid to fight for their countries other than their own |
| grievance | formal complaints |
| preamble | introduction |
| resolution | formal statement of opinion |
| Lord Charles Cornwallis | British general surrendered at Yorktown |
| Benedict Arnold | American general turns traitor |
| Nathanael Greene | Commands troop in the south |
| Francis Marion | led guerilla attacks on British troops |
| John Paul Jones | Won major naval victory |
| Bernardo De Galvez | Spanish governor supports American Troops |
| George Rogers Clark | won victories in the west |
| Friedrich Von Steuben | Trained American troops |
| Nathan Hale | Executed in New York by the British for spying |
| George Washington | Commander continental army |
| Thomas Jefferson | Wrote the declaration of Independence |
| Richard Henry Lee | Introduced resolution in congress calling for independence |
| John Adams | Led fight for independence in congress |
| Thomas Paine | wrote common sense and the crisis |
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