Revolutionary War Vocabulary/People

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  1. 2. Paul Jones: Commander of the Continental Naval ship Bonhomme Richard was able to defeat the British ship HMS Serapis
  2. 4. Gates: A Continental Army General who won a deciding victory at Saratoga. His victory at Saratoga would lead to an alliance with France.
  3. 7. Introduction to a declaration, constitution, or other important document
  4. 9. Washington: Commander of the Continental Army and was responsible for Charles Cornwallis surrender at Yorktown
  5. 12. a person who betrays his or her country or cause and helps the other side
  6. 13. armed civilian ships that had the government’s permission to attack enemy ships
  7. 14. to sign up for military duty
  8. 15. formal statement of opinion or policy
  9. 16. Cornwallis: A British general who was involved in the Revolutionary War southern campaign. He would later surrender to George Washington at Yorktown
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  1. 1. Form of paper money that was printed during the American Revolution.
  2. 3. Arnold: A continental military officer who fought in several battles including Saratoga. He would later betray the Continental Army by trying to give West Point to the British.
  3. 5. Rogers Clark: A commander in the Virginia militia who successfully took British forts west of the Appalachian Mountains securing the claim to the Ohio River Valley.
  4. 6. von Steuben: A german baron who helped train the Continental Army at Valley Forge into a fighting force
  5. 8. de Lafayette: A French nobleman who joined the Continental Army and advised George Washington on military affairs.
  6. 10. fighters who work as part of a small band to make hit and run attacks on an enemy
  7. 11. a formal complaint