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ch.7 vocab link
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| george washington | commander of the continental army |
| mercenary | professional soldier hired to fight for a foriegn country |
| strategy | overall plan of action |
| rendezvous | meeting |
| battles of saratoga | series of conflicts that led to the surrender of burgoyne |
| marquis de lafayette | 19 year old who volunteered to join washingtons army |
| bayonets | long steel knifes attachede to the barrel of a gun |
| desert | leave military duty without intending to return |
| privateer | privately owned ship |
| james forten | son of a free african american sail maker |
| john paul jones | won most famous sea battle |
| lord cornwallis | british general |
| guerillas | small bands of fighters |
| pacifist | opposed to war |
| battle of york town | american and french troops bomboarded yorktown |
| treaty of paris of 1783 | ended the revolutionary war |
| republicanism | people would rule |
| elizabeth freeman | sued for freedom |
| richard allen | helped start the free african society |