“foreign soldiers who fought not out of loyalty, but for pay.”

“On Christmas night in 1776 Washington and 2,400 soldiers silently rowed across the ice-clogged Delaware River. It was an important Patriot victory. American soldiers took more than 900 Hessian prisoners.”

A battle in New York that was the turning point of the Revolution. The greatest victory yet for the American forces. Morale soared." The British general John Burgoyne surrendered his entire army to American general Horatio Gates.

Inspired by the ideas of the Revolution, Lafayette bought his own ship and arrived in America in 1777. He brought with him a group of well-trained soldiers and volunteered to serve in the Continental Army himself without pay.

Baron Friedrich von Steuben

“an experienced military officer from Prussia, led with a combination of respect and fear. He started training the American troops, focusing on basic military drills. Soon he turned the Continental Army into a finely tuned fighting force.”

a surveyor who led the Patriots’ western campaign

naval commander who said, “I have not yet begun to fight!”

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4.4 Struggle for Lib

Term	Definition
Mercenaries	“foreign soldiers who fought not out of loyalty, but for pay.”
Battle of Trenton	“On Christmas night in 1776 Washington and 2,400 soldiers silently rowed across the ice-clogged Delaware River. It was an important Patriot victory. American soldiers took more than 900 Hessian prisoners.”
Battle of Saratoga	A battle in New York that was the turning point of the Revolution. The greatest victory yet for the American forces. Morale soared." The British general John Burgoyne surrendered his entire army to American general Horatio Gates.
Marquis de Lafayette	Inspired by the ideas of the Revolution, Lafayette bought his own ship and arrived in America in 1777. He brought with him a group of well-trained soldiers and volunteered to serve in the Continental Army himself without pay.
Baron Friedrich von Steuben	“an experienced military officer from Prussia, led with a combination of respect and fear. He started training the American troops, focusing on basic military drills. Soon he turned the Continental Army into a finely tuned fighting force.”
George Rogers Clark	a surveyor who led the Patriots’ western campaign
John Paul Jones	naval commander who said, “I have not yet begun to fight!”

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