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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| treaty Paris | Great Britain recognized the independence of the United States |
| loyalist | colonists who chose to side with British |
| Mercenaries | foreign soldiers who fought not out of loyalty but for pay |
| Common sence | Plain spoken argument |
| stamp act | where u put stamps on things |
| Tomas Paine | he argued that citizens not kings and queens should make laws |
| Continental amry | this force would soon include soldiers from all colonies and would carry out the fight against Britain |
| patriots | colonists who chose to fight for independence for from Great Britain |
| tea act | allowed the British East India Company to sell tea directly to the colonists |
| minute men | who got there name because they were ready to fight at minutes notice |
| George washing ton | the commander of the Continental Army |
| James armsted | this enslaved African work as a spy for the Marquis de Lafayette |
| Baron von steueben | inexperienced military officer from Prussia led with a combination of respect and fear |
| commities of correspondence | shared ideas and information about the new British laws and ways to challenge them |
| Francis marion | best guerrilla warfare |