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Ch.7 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The commander of the Continental Army appointed in June 1775 who became famous after the French and Indian War for courage. | George Washington |
| A professional soldier hired to fight for a foreign country. | mercenary |
| An overall plan of action. | strategy |
| Meeting. | rendezvous |
| The series of conflicts that led to Gen. Burgoyne's surrender and was a turning point in the war. | Battles of Saratoga |
| A nation that agrees to help another. | ally |
| A 19-year old French noble who was sympathetic to the American cause and helped train Washington's army - won respect by his men and Washington. | Marquis de Lafayette |
| A long blade attached to the end of a gun to provide a method of dispatching enemies at close - range more efficiently than discharging a projectile. | bayonet |
| To leave military duty without intending to return. | desert |
| A privately owned ship that a wartime government authorizes to attack enemy ships. American privateers raided Brit. merchant ships possibly for profit rather than patriotism. | privateer |
| An African American who was captured aboard a privateer and refused to betray America by going to Britain. He later became famous for trying to end slavery. | James Forten |
| An officer who commanded the Bonhomme Richard in 1779 and engaged in combat with a superior Serapis in Sept. He won the battle and inspired Americans. | John Paul Jones |
| A Brit. general who had an army in Camden, S. Carolina in 1780 and later moved to Yorktown. Defeated Horatio Gates in combat. | Lord Cornwallis |
| Small bands of fighters who weaken the enemy with surprise raids and hit-and-run tactics. | guerrillas |
| The state of being opposed to war. | pacifist |
| A decisive battle where Washington and Rochambeau covered Cornwallis's southern flank in Yorktown, Lafayette covered his north, and the French Fleet blocked the Chesapeake Bay. Cornwallis was trapped and surrendered on Oct.19, 1781. Last major battle. | Battle of Yorktown |
| The treaty that ended the Rev. War and included: U.S. is independent, U.S. boundaries are Miss. River West, Canada N., and Florida S., each repay debts, return enslaved/Loyalist property, U.S. fish off Canada's Atlantic coast. | Treaty of Paris(1783) |
| The idea that the people rule the government with no king. | republicanism |
| A black woman who sued for freedom in 1781 in Massachusetts and won - helped end slavery in Mass. | Elizabeth Freeman |
| Black preacher who helped start the Free African Society and African Methodist Episcopal Church. FAS encouraged blacks to help each other, AMEC was first Af.-Am. church in U.S. | Richard Allen |
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