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Chapter 7 Vocab SX
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War and the first president of the United States | George Washington |
| A professional soldier hired to fight for a foreign country | Mercenary |
| An overall plan of action | Strategy |
| A prearranged meeting often an assembly point for troops | Rendezvous |
| A series of conflicts that ended in victory for the Continental Army and a Revolutionary War turning point | Battles of Saratoga |
| A country that agrees to help another country achieve a common goal | Ally |
| A French nobleman who believed in the American cause and served as a commander under Washington | Marquis de Lafayette |
| A long steel knife attached to the end of a gun for hand to hand combat | Bayonet |
| Camp where Washington's army suffered from cold and hunger; became a symbol of the hardships of the War | Valley Forge |
| To abandon military duty without intending to return | Desert |
| A privately owned ship that has governmental permission to attack an enemy's merchant ships | Privateer |
| Continental Naval officer who patrolled the English coast and won a battle against the British warship Serapis | John Paul Jones |
| British general who fought in the South during the Revolutionary War and who surrendered in 1781 | Lord Cornwallis |
| Soldiers who weaken the enemy with surprise raids and hit and run attacks | Guerrillas |
| A person morally opposed to war | Pacifist |
| The last major battle of the Revolutionary War which resulted in the surrender of the British forces in 1781 | Battle of Yorktown |
| The treaty that ended the Revolutionary War, confirmed the independence of the US and set its boundaries | Treaty of Paris of 1783 |
| The belief in a government in which decisions are made by elected or appointed officials | Republicanism |
| In 1781 she helped to end slavery in Massachusetts by suing for her freedom in court and winning | Elizabeth Freeman |
| Preacher who helped start the Free African Society; founded the first African Methodist Episcopal Church. | Richard Allen |