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14 Cards in this Set
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continental army |
an army of paid soldiers from the thirteen colonies |
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petition |
a written request for rights or benifets |
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independence |
freedom from rule by others |
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rights |
a freedom established by law |
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treason |
the crime of betraying one's country |
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mercenary |
a soldior who is paid to fight for another country |
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retreat |
to move away from an enemy |
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morale |
spirits |
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enlist |
to join the military |
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alliance |
a formal agreement of friendship between countries |
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strategy |
a plan |
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peninsula |
a peice of land almost surrounded by water, but still attatched to mainland |
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negotiate |
to try to raech an agreement |
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treaty of paris |
a formal agreement between the united states and great britan in which great britan recognized the united states as as indipendant country |
