Chapter 5 Vocab PT 2

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Mercenaries

Back

Soldiers paid to fight for another country (e.g., Germans/Hessians fighting for British in revolution)

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Retreat

Back

To move away from the enemy

Front

Morale

Back

Troop’s spirits or feelings towards fighting

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Enlisted

Back

Signed up for the military

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Alliance

Back

Formal agreement of friendship between countries

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Strategy

Back

Military plan for attacking the enemy

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Peninsula

Back

Piece of land surrounded by water on three sides

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Negotiate

Back

Reach an agreement

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Treaty of Paris

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The agreement that ended the Revolutionary war between the British and the Colonists.