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ch 7 vocab!
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the general of the continentail army and a great american influence | george washington |
| a professional soldier hired from another country | mercenary |
| an over all plan of action | strategy |
| a meeting | rendezvous |
| the british surrender at saratoga this battle made france ally with america | battles of saratoga |
| a country that agrees to help another country achieve a common goal | ally |
| a 19 year old french noblemen who served in washintons army | marquis de lafayette |
| a steel knife at the end of a gun | bayonet |
| to leave military duty and never come back | desert |
| a privatly owned ship that has permisstion to attack enemy merchant ships | privateer |
| a famous privateer who not only helped with the revolution but with the fight against slavery | james forten |
| the captian of the most famous sea battle of the revolution | john paul jones |
| a british general | lord cornwallis |
| small bands of fighters that weaken the enemy with hit and run attacks | guerrillas |
| people opposed to war | pacifist |
| the final battle of the revolutionary war | battle of yorktown |
| the treaty that ended the revolutionary war | treaty of paris 1783 |
| the idea that the people rule and not a king | republicanism |
| sued for her freedom and won the case | elizabeth freeman |
| started the free african society | richard allen |