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29 Cards in this Set
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mercenary
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solider that was paid to fight for another country
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advanatages of the contenential army
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reason to fight
know land well |
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disadvantages of contenetial army
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getting a man was difficult
no pay uniforms or weapons entered without an army or navy |
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washingtons first job
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surveyor
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surveyor
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measures land
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gearge washington married
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martha custis
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gearge washingtons wife did what
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sewed socks cooked soup and helped with paperwork
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mary ludwig hays had what nickname
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molly pitcher
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who took over her husbands cannon
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margret corbin
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what batle was succsessful and why
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battle of trenton beacause
they had a suprise attack an christmas |
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treaty of alliance
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signed by french to support the americans
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who spyed on the british
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haym salamon
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what did friedrich von steubon do
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trained the ragged contenentilal soliders
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what happened at saratoga
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the americans realized they could defeat a large british group
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why is bendict arnold a traitor
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he planned to tell the british about the american plans
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what was the last major battle
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yorktown
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second treaty of fort stanwix
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forced iroquios to turn over there labd in the ohio river valley
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treaty of paris
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ended the revolutionary war
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what happened when loyalists moved
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it created more opportunitys for bussnisses
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what did washington used the geography of
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yorktown by surronding british by land and by sea with french warships
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how tdid french support the patriots
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fought and gave money
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how was the winter of 1777 like
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harsh since they were out of weapons
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how are george clark and john jones alike
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they both planned things aganist the british and dint give up
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what did benardo do galvez do
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gave money
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terms of the treaty of paris
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the appalachins became apart of america and florida was for the spanish
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nickname for francis marion
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swamp fox
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diadvantages in britain
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no popular in britain costly
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who helped patriots
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french and spanish
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women did what
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cooked fought sewed bought water
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