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11 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 |
a battle won by the Patriots against mercenary Hessians |
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Battle of Saratoga |
a great victory for the American forces in which British General John Burgoyne surrendered his entire army to American General Horatio Gates |
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Marquis de Lafayette |
a Frenchman who volunteered to serve in the Continental Army without pay and used his money and influence to support the Patriots |
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Baron Friedrich von Steuben |
a Prussian military officer who trained the Continental Army |
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Bernardo de Galvez |
the governor of Spanish Louisiana, who became of a Patriot ally |
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John Paul Jones |
a brave and clever naval commander |
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George Rogers Clark |
a surveyor who led the Patriots' western campaign |
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How did women play apart in the war? |
They supplied the army and serving as messengers, nurses, and spies. |
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What was an early victory of the Patriots? |
Battle of Trenton |
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What affect did Clark's campaign have on the British? |
hurt British support in the West |
