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Ch 7 Vocab Flashcards

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first commander of continental army

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george washington

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professional soldier hired to fight for a foreign country

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mercenary

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an overall plan of action

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strategy

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Easily understood or obvious

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self-evident

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To supply or give.

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endowed

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Can’t be taken away.

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unalienable

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established

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instituted

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agreement

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consent

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good judgment or common sense

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prudence

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brief time

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transient

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human race

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mankind

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can be tolerated

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sufferable

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To take over with force without legal authority

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usurpations

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To show clearly.

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envinces

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tyranny

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depotism

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open and sincere, impartial, unprejudiced.

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candid

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meeting

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rendezvous

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french nobleman who served with washington

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marquis de lafayette

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long steel knives attatched to guns

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bayonets

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leave

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desert

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privately owned ship used to attack enemy merchant ships

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privateer

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British general

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lord cornwallis

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small bands of fighters who use surprise attacks

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guerillas

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opposed to war

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pacifist

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battle where lord cornwallis and the british were trapped

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battle of yorktown

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ended revolutionary war

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treaty of paris of 1783

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people would rule instead of king

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republicanism

28
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sued for freedom in massachusettes

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elizabeth freeman

29
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started free african society

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richard allen

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