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13 Cards in this Set
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mercenaries |
foreign soldiers who fought not out of loyalty but for pay |
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battle of trenton |
battle that caught other countries attention from surprising hessian mercenaries and capturing 900 |
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strategy |
a plan for fighting a battle or war |
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Battle of Saratoga |
turning point, first battle with help of other countries |
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Marquis de Lafayette |
wealthy young french noblemen that brought over money and ships |
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Baron Friedrich von stuebon |
military officer from prussia, trained american troops and turned continental army into a finely tuned fighting force |
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Bernando De Galvez |
governer of Spanish Louisiana, gathered a small army of soliderrs |
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john paul jones |
scottish outlaw that was also an outlaw, captured many british supply ships |
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george rogers clark |
volunteered to lead the western campaign, created an army from the scattered settlements |
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Molly Pitcher |
took her husbands place loading cannons when he was wouded in battle |
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General Howe |
leader of the british who pushed the contential army off long island |
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John Burgoyne |
british general who decided to \push through new york and new jersey and cut off new england colonies |
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nathan hale |
young connecticut officer went behind british lines to get secret info but then was caught and hung |
