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Chapter 7 voc DC
Chapter 7 voc DC
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History
8th Grade
11/02/2012

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mercenary
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a professional solider hired to fight for a foreign country
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strategy
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an overall plan of action
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rendezvous
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a meeting
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battles of saratoga
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a series of conflicts between british soldiers and the contiental armu in 1777 that provided the turning point in the revoloutionary war
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ally
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A COUNTRY that agrees to help another country to achaive a common goal
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bayonet
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a long sited knife attached to the end of a gun
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desert
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to leave a military duty without intending to return
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privateer
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a privately owned ship that has goverment permission during war time to
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guerrillas
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a soldier who weakens the enemy with surprise raids and hit and run attacks.
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pacifist
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a person morally opposed to war.
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Battle of Yorktown
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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
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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
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the belief that government should be based on the consent of the people. people exercise their power for voting for political representatives.
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