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13 Cards in this Set
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mercenaries
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solduers hired to fight for another contry's army
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Continental Army
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George Washington's rag-tag army
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Valley Forge
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winter headquarters of George Washington
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Delaware River
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boundary between Pennsylvania & New Jersey
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execution
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legal punishment by death
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regiment
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troops of soldiers stationed together
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garrison
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a fort or place where army gathers
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Hessians
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German soldiers
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general
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high rank in the military
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officer
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position of authority in the military
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Nathan Hale
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George Washingon asked him to spy on the British. He dressed as a Dutch schoolteacher and got the information Washington needed. As he returned to the American side though, he was captured by the British and executed. He said before he died, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."
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Trenton, New Jersey
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Trenton is a city in which
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Continental Army
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this army was created by George Washington and it was made up of proud colonists who used guns, axes, and spears to fight the powerful British Army. The Continental Army had little money and not much training when they went to war against the British.
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