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Ch. 4 Terms
U.S. History
Term | Definition |
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Patriot | American colonist who fought for independence from Great Britain during the Revolutionary War |
Loyalist | Colonists who sided with Great Britain in the American Revolution |
mercenary | hired foreign soldiers |
Minutemen | American colonial militia members who were ready to fight at a minutes notice |
reaction | response |
Redcoats | British soldiers who fought against the colonists in the American Revolution |
strategy | a plan of doing something wisely without what is being avoided interfering |
Guerilla Warfare | A style of warfare |
Traitor | a person who betrays a country (turncoat) |
siege | military operation where a town is surrounded in order to cut off all supplies |