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CH 7 vocab AM
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| became the comander of the continental army, | George Washinton |
| a professional solider hired to fight for a foreign country | mercenary |
| a overalll plan of action | strategy |
| or meeting with St. lenger and Howe in Albany | redezvous |
| series of conflicts that led to surrender | Battle of Saratoga |
| a country that help another country achive a goal | ally |
| 19 year old french nobleman who voulenteered in washingtons army, given commander in army division | Marquis de lafayette |
| large steel knives placed at the ends of guns | bayonet |
| to leave military duty without intending to come back | desert |
| to privately own a ship that a wartime gov. gives you premission to attack merchant ships | privateer |
| he sailed and got captured by the British and was offered a free trip to England | James Forten |
| A Naval hero was the most famous sea battle | John Paul Jones |
| British General who led a army that was to be challenged | Lord Cornwallis |
| small bands of firefighters who weaken the enemy with suprise hi and run raids | guerrillias |
| opposed to war | pacifist |
| American and French troops bombarded Yorktown with cannons and left their buildings to rubble | Battle of Yorktown |
| ters that led to the ending of the revolutionary war | Treaty of Paris of 1783 |
| indtead of king the people would rule | rebuplicanism |
| fought a court case which helped end slavery in Massachusetts | Elizabeth Freeman |
| helped start the Free african society and encouraged african Americans to help each other | Richard Allen |