Ch 7 Vocabulary
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. mercenary
A. The political orientation of those who hold that a ___ is the best form of government
2. salomon
B. United States railroad engineer who died trying to stop his train from crashing into another train
3. washington
C. A person hired to fight for another country than their own
4. rendezvous
D. English poet and literary critic
5. arnold
E. Commander of the British forces in the American War of Independence
6. desert
F. The capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca
7. lafayette
G. Someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes
8. privateer
H. A meeting planned at a certain time and place
9. jones
I. American financier and American Revolutionary War patriot who helped fund the army during
10. pacifist
J. A person who is not a serf or a slave
11. cornwallis
K. Dry land with very little rain
12. bombard
L. French soldier who served under George Washington in the American Revolution
13. freeman
M. To cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile
14. republicanism
N. A ___ owned warship commissioned to prey on the commercial shipping or warships of an enemy