Chapter 7 Vocabulary Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
George Washington | commander of the Continental Army |
mercenary | professional soldier hired to fight for a foreign country |
strategy | overall plan of action |
rendezvous | a meeting |
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 |
ally | a country that agrees to help another country achieve a common goal |
Marquis de Lafayette | 19 year old French nobleman who volunteered to serve in Washington's army |
bayonet | long steel knives attached to the ends of guns |
desert | when a soldier(s) leave military duty without intending to return |
privateer | a privately owned ship that a wartime government gives permission to attack an enemy's merchant ships |
James Forten | son of a free African American sail maker who signed up to become a privateer |
John Paul Jones | a Continental officer who won the most famous sea battle |
Lord Cornwallis | a British general |
guerrillas | small bands of fighters who weaken the enemy with surprise raids and hit-and-run attacks |
pacifist | people who are opposed to war |
Battle of Yorktown | the last major battle of the Revolutionary War, which resulted in the surrender of British forces in 1781 |
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 |
republicanism | the belief that government should be based on the consent of the people; people exercise their power by voting for political representatives |
Elizabeth Freeman | she was sued for her freedom in a Massachusetts court and won, her victory and similar cases ended slavery in that state |
Richard Allen | he was a preacher who helped start the Free African Society |
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