History Chapter 7
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| John Paul Jones | An officer in 1779, became commander of Bonhomme Richard ship and defeated the British, battling at sea, winning the famous sea battle
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| Richard Allen | A preacher who started the Free African Society and also founded the first African-American church, the African Methodist Episcopal Church
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| Lord Cornwallis | British general of army located in Camden, South Carolina, defeating the Americans
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| Republicanism | The belief that government should be based on the consent of the people
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| Strategy | An overall plan of action
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| Mercenary | A professional soldier hired to fight for a foreign country
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| Pacifist | A person, mainly a Quaker, opposed to war
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| guerrillas | A soldier who weakens the enemy with surprise raids and hit-and-run attacks
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| Battle of Yorktown | The last major battle of the Revolutionary War, which resulted in the surrender of the British forces in 1781
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| Privateer | A privately owned ship that has government permission during wartime to attack on an enemy's merchant ships.
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| Treaty of Paris of 1783 | The treaty that ended the Revolutionary War, confirming the independence of the United States and setting the boundaries of the new nation
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| Bayonet | A long steel knife attached to the end of a gun
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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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| Rendezvous | A meeting
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| George Washington | A man who became the commander of the Continental Army in June of 1775
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| Desert | To leave military duty without intending to return
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| Ally | A country that agrees to help another country achieve a common goal
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| Elizabeth Freeman | An African American who sued her freedom in Massachusetts court and won, with similar cases following led to the end of slavery in Massachusetts
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| Marquis de Lafayette | A 19 year old French nobleman who volunteered to serve in Washington's army, having a very close bond with Washington
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| James Forten | A 14 year old son of a free African American sail maker, who signed up to sail Royal Louis that refused to get a free trip to England when British captured the ship, and is famous for his efforts to end slavery
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