US History
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| George Washington | commander of the Continental Army
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| mercenary | professional soldier hired to fight for a foreign country
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| strategy | overall plan of action
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| rendezvous | a meeting
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| Battles of Saratoga | a series of conflicts between British soldiers and the Continental Army in 1777 that proved to be a turning point in the Revolutionary War
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| ally | a country that agrees to help another country achieve a common goal
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| Marquis de Lafayette | 19 year old French nobleman who volunteered to serve in Washington's army
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| bayonet | long steel knives attached to the ends of guns
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| desert | when a soldier(s) leave military duty without intending to return
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| privateer | a privately owned ship that a wartime government gives permission to attack an enemy's merchant ships
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| James Forten | son of a free African American sail maker who signed up to become a privateer
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| John Paul Jones | a Continental officer who won the most famous sea battle
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| Lord Cornwallis | a British general
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| guerrillas | small bands of fighters who weaken the enemy with surprise raids and hit-and-run attacks
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| pacifist | people who are opposed to war
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| Battle of Yorktown | the last major battle of the Revolutionary War, which resulted in the surrender of British forces in 1781
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| Treaty of Paris of 1783 | the treaty that ended the French and Indian War; Britain gained all of North America east of the Mississippi River
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| republicanism | the belief that government should be based on the consent of the people; people exercise their power by voting for political representatives
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| Elizabeth Freeman | she was sued for her freedom in a Massachusetts court and won, her victory and similar cases ended slavery in that state
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| Richard Allen | he was a preacher who helped start the Free African Society
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