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Ch. 7 Vocabs
Social Studies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| commander of Cont. Army | George Washington |
| pro soldier hired to fight for a foreign countryy | Mercenary |
| over all plan of action | strategy |
| meeting | rendevouz |
| series of conflicts that led to Burgoyne's surrender | Battles of Saratoga |
| 19 yr old Frenchmen who volunteered in the Cont. Army | Marquis de Lafayette |
| long steel knives attaached to the ends of guns | bayonets |
| to leave military duty | desert |
| privately owned ship that wartime gov't gives permission to attack an enemy merchant ship | Privateer |
| Black boy who stood up for his country | James Forten |
| won most famous sea battle | John Paul Jones |
| British General | General Cornwallis |
| small bands of fighters who weaken the enemy with surprise raids and run away | Guerrillas |
| opposer of war | Pacifist |
| AMer. and French troops bombarded Yorktown w/ cannon fire so Britain surrendered | Battle of Yorktown |
| contract/treaty that ended rev. war | Treaty of Paris 1783 |
| gov't goal that people would rule | republicanism |
| sued for her freedom in a Mass. court and won | Elizabeth Freeman |
| preahcer who started the Free African Society | Richard Allen |