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Ch.7 History Vocab.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War (never had more than 17,000 troops under him) and the first president of the United States | George Wahington |
| A professional soldier hired to fight for a foreign country | mercenary |
| An overall plan of action | strategy |
| A prearranged meeting; often an assembly point for troops | rendezvous |
| A series of conflicts that ended in victory for the Continental Army, and a Revolutionary War turning point | Battles of Saratoga |
| A country that agrees to help another country achieve a common goal | ally |
| A French nobleman who believed in the American cause and served as a commander under Washington becoming a hero in both the United States and in France | Marquis de Lafayette |
| A long steel knife attached to the end of a gun for hand-to-hand combat | bayonet |
| to abandon military duty without intending to return | desert |
| A privately owned ship that has governmental permission to attack an enemy's merchant ships | privateer |
| An African American who fought for independence | James Forten |
| Continental Naval officer who patrolled the English coast as commander of the Bonhomme Richard and won the most famous sea battle of the Revolutionary War against the British warship Serapis | John Paul Jones |
| British general who fought in the South during the REvolutionary War and who surrendered 8,000 troops that were trapped near Yorktown in 1781 | Lord Cornwallis |
| Soldiers who weaken the enemy with surprise raids and hit-and-run attacks | guerillas |
| A person morally opposed to war | pacifist |
| The last major battle of the Revolutionary War which resulted in the surrender of the British forces in 1781 | Battle of Yorktown |
| The treaty that ended the Revolutionary War, confirmed the independence of the U.S., and set its boundaries | Treaty of Paris of 1783 |
| The belief in a government in which decisions are made by elected or appointed officials and that the people should rule | republicanism |
| In 1781 she helped end slavery in Massachusetts by suing for her freedom in court and winning | Elizabeth Freeman |
| Preacher who helped start the Free African Society; founded the first African MEthodist Episcopal Church | Richard Allen |
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