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Chapter 7 Vocab.JH:)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| On June 1775, he became the commander of the Continental Army. | George Washington |
| A professional soldier hired to fight for a foreign country. | mercenary |
| An overall plan of action. | strategy |
| A meeting. | rendezvous |
| The series of conflicts that led to the British surrender was known as... | Battles of Saratoga |
| A country that agrees to help another country achieve a 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 |
| When soldiers left a 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 |
| A 14-year-old buy, who was the son of a free African-Americansail maker. | James Forten |
| A continental Navy officer who won the most famous sea battle. | John Paul Jones |
| A British general from South Carolina. | Lord Cornwallis |
| Small bands of fighters who weaken the enemy with surprise raids and hit-and-run attacks. | guerrillas |
| Mostly Quakers, who opposed war. | pacifist |
| When French and American troops bombarded Yorktown with cannon fire, turning buildings to rubble. | Battle of Yorktown |
| This treaty ended the Revolutionary war. | Treaty of Paris of 1783 |
| This idea stated that instead of a king, the people would rule. | republicanism |
| Was sued for her freedom in a Massachusttes court and won. | Elizabeth Freeman |
| A preacher that helped start the Free African Society. | Richard Allen |
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