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History Vocabulary 7

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  • Q1
    What is a country that agrees to help another country called?
    enemy
    ally
    guerrilla
    friend
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  • Q2
    What was the turning point of the war?
    Treaty of Paris
    desert
    Battle of Yorktown
    The Battle of saratoga
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  • Q3
    What was the last major battle of the war?
    Battle of Yorktown
    Battle of Saratoga
    strategy
    rendezuous
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  • Q4
    What is a long steel knife attached to end of a gun called?
    bayonet
    desert
    strategy
    privateer
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  • Q5
    What does it mean when a person leaves the military without intending to return
    guerrillas
    desert
    pacifist
    privateer
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  • Q6
    Who was the slave that sued the state of Massachusetts and won?
    Elizabeth Freeman
    James Forten
    John Paul Jones
    Richard Allen
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  • Q7
    Who was our first president?
    Lord Cornwallis
    Marquis De Lafayette
    John Paul Jones
    George Washington
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  • Q8
    Who are small bands of fighters who carry out surprise attacks?
    guerrillas
    Richard Allen
    privateer
    mercenary
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  • Q9
    Who was the African American patriot who worked on an American warship?
    Richard Allen
    John Paul Jones
    James Forten
    Lord Cornwallis
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  • Q10
    He said ' I have not yet begun to fight!"
    Marquis de Lafayette
    Elizabeth Freeman
    George Washington
    John Paul Jones
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  • Q11
    This British officer commanded troops in Charleston
    Richard Allen
    Marquis De Lafayette
    James Forten
    Lord Cornwallis
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  • Q12
    He was from France and joined George Washington
    Richard Allen
    Lord Cornwallis
    Marquis de Lafayette
    George Washington
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  • Q13
    What is a professional soldier hired by a foreign country?
    privateer
    desert
    mercenary
    pacifist
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  • Q14
    Who is a person who is against war called?
    pacifist
    mercenary
    privateer
    bayonet
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  • Q15
    What is a privately owned ship called?
    strategy
    guerrillas
    ally
    privateer
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  • Q16
    What is a meeting called?
    bayonet
    rendezuous
    mercenary
    republicanism
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  • Q17
    This is a form of government where the power is with the people.
    Treaty of Paris
    ally
    strategy
    republicanism
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  • Q18
    He was an African American preacher.
    Elizabeth Freeman
    James Forten
    Lord Cornwallis
    Richard Allen
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  • Q19
    This is a plan.
    ally
    bayonet
    mercenary
    strategy
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  • Q20
    1783 agreement that said the United States of America was a free and independent country.
    Treaty of Paris
    desert
    rendezuous
    ally
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