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Chaper 6 Amer. Rev.

QuestionAnswer
mercenaries hired soldiers
neutral taking neither side in conflict
recruit enlist soldiers
desert left the army without permission
inflation more and more money to buy the same amount of goods
blockade prevent supplies and reinforcements from reaching the soldiers
guerrilla warfare hit-and-run technique of appearing suddenly and thin disappearing
privateers privately owned merchant ships equipped with weapons
ambush surprise attack
ratified approved
Loyalists person who remained loyal to Britain
Patriots Americans who supported independence
Nathan Hale teacher who disguised himself as a spy
William Howe British general in New York
Horatio Gates American general winning Saratoga
Bernardo de Galvez Spanish governor of Lousiana, captured British forts at Mobile and Pensacola
Marquis de Lafayette French aide to General Washington
Casimir Pulaski Polish cavalry officer
Francis Marion American general in the South called Swamp Fox
Joseph Brant Mohawk chief led attacks on settlers
George Rogers Clark led American victories at Vincennes
John Paul Jones American naval officer
Charles Cornwallis British general surrendered at Yorktown
Comte de Rochambeau French general who led troops to Yorktown
Francois de Grasse French naval commander who blocked Yorktown
George Washington American general
Treaty of Paris Treaty ending American Revolution
Created by: dselling
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