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SS.ch7 vocab Bradyb.
vocabulary for social studies (ch 7) sect. 1,2,3,and 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| commander of Continental Army | George Washington |
| pro. soldier hired to fight for foreign country | Mercenary |
| overall plan of action | strategy |
| a meeting | rendezvous |
| series of conflicts at saratoga against Britain and America | Battles of Saratoga |
| country that agrees to help another country for a common goal | ally |
| French nobleman who volunteered to serve in Washington's army | Marquis de Lafayette |
| a knife attached to the end of a gun | bayonet |
| leave military duty without intending to return | desert |
| privately owned ship that gets permission to attack an enemy's merchant ships | privateer |
| A 14 year old who became famous for his efforts to end slavery | James Forten |
| Continental officer who won the most famous sea battle of the war | John Paul Jones |
| British General who led an army in Camden, South Carolina | Lord Cornwallis |
| people who fought with suprise attacks | guerrillas |
| opposed to war | pacifist |
| last major battle of the revolutionary war | Battle of Yorktown |
| treaty that ended the revolutionary war | Treaty of Paris 1783 |
| gov. in which the people rule | republicanism |
| African American woman who sued for her freedom and won | Elizabeth Freeman |
| African American preacher who helped start th Free African Society | Richard Allen |