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Chapter 7 Vocab Bk
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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. | Rendezous. |
| The series of conflicts that led to the surrender of Burgoyne. | The 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. | Bayonets. |
| To leave military duty without intending to return. | Desert. |
| A privately owned ship that a wartime government gives permission to attack an enemy's merchant ship. | Privateer |
| The son of a free African-American sail maker. | James Forten. |
| He won the most famous sea battle. | John Pual Jones. |
| The British general. | Lord Cornwallis. |
| Small bands of fighters who weaken the enemy with surprise raids and hit-and-run attacks. | Guerrillas. |
| Opposed to war. | Pacifist. |
| The last major battle of the Revolutionary War, which resulted in the surrender of british forces in 1781. | Battle of Yorktown. |
| a treaty that ended the Revolutionary War. | The Treaty of Paris of 1783. |
| The belief that government should be based on the consent of the people | Republicanism. |
| This women sued for her freedom in Massachusetts court and won. | Elizabeth Freeman. |
| A preacher that helped start the FAS (Free African Society). | Richard Allen. |