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commander of the Continental Army George Washington
professional soldier hired to fight for a foreign country mercenary
an overall plan of action strategy
meeting rendezvous
a series of conflicts between British soldiers and the Continental Army in 1777 that proved to be a turning point in the Revolutionary War Battles of Saratoga
a country that agrees to help another country achieve common goal ally
a 19 year old French nobleman who volunteered to serve in Washington's army Marquis de Lafayette
long steel knives attached to the ends of guns bayonet
leave military duty without intending to return desert
a privately owned ship that a wartime government gives permission to attack an enemy's merchant ships privateer
son of a free african-american sail maker who signed up to sail on the royal louis to earn money for his family after his father died James Forten
an officer who won the most famous sea battle John Paul Jones
a british general Lord Cornwallis
small band of fighter who weaken the enemy with surprish raids and hit and run attacks guerrillas
opposed to war pacifist
american and french troops bombarded Yorktown with cannon fire, turning its buildings to rubble Battle of Yorktown
a treaty that ended the revolutionary war Treaty of Paris of 1783
idea that stated that instead of a king, the people would rule republicanism
she sued for ger freedon in a Massachusetts court and won Elizabeth Freeman
a preacher that helped start the Free African Society Richard Allen
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