| A | B |
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| ally | a country that agrees to help another country achieve a common goal/ a teammate |
| Marquis de Lafayette | a French nobleman who volunteered to serve in Washington's army |
| bayonet | a long steel knife attched to the end of a gun |
| desert | to leave the military without permission and without intending to return |
| privateer | privately owned ship that a wartime government gives permission to attack an enemy's merchant ships |
| James Forten | a 14 year-old African American sailor who later became famous for his efforts to end slavery |
| John Paul Jones | Continental officer and commander of the Bonhomme Richard who won the most famous sea battle of the war |
| George Washington | the commander of the Continental Army |
| mercenary | a professional soldier hired to fight for a foreign country |
| strategy | an overall plan of action |
| rendezvous | a meeting |
| Battle of Saratogoa | the series of conflicts that led to the surrender of the British general Burgyone and his troops at Saratoga, New York |
