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| commander of the continental army |
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| profesional soldier hired to fight for a foreign contry |
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| colonial army defeated,lead to burgoyne surrender |
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| a counrty that agrees to help another country achieve a common goal. |
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| 19-year old french nobleman who volunteered in washingtons army |
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| long steal knives attached to the ends of guns |
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| leave military duty without intending to return |
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| privatly owned ship that a wartime government gives permission to attack an enemys merchant ships |
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| 14-year old son of african-american sail maker |
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| won the most famous sea battle |
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| British general(surrendered at yorktown) |
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| small bands of fighters who weaken the enemy with surprise attacks and hiit and run tactics |
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| American and french troops bombarded yorktown with cannon fire |
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| document that ended the revolutionary war boundries west of the mississippi river, north of canadaspanish florida on the south, and that british return any enslaved persons(agreed to but they didn't) |
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| demanded rights as english citizens |
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