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Chapter 7 Vocab.
Cram all of this into your head in 3-5 minutes!
Term | Definition |
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mercenary | a hired soldier |
recruit | to enlist in the military |
inflation | when it takes more and more money to buy the same amount of goods |
blockade | a measure to keep ships from entering or leaving a harbor |
privateer | a privately owned ship outfitted with weapons |
siege | an attempt to force surrender by blocking the movement of people or goods into or out of a place |
ratify | to approve officially |
ambush | an attack in which the attacker hides and surprises the enemy |
Valley Forge | The third temporary army camp for the Continental Army. |
Yorktown | Was a siege of British Yorktown and the last major land battle. |
Haym Solomon | A broker that helped fund the Revolutionary War. |
Wentworth Cheswell | He was person involved in many political events and was a veteran of the Revolutionary War. |
Bernado de Galvez | He was a Spanish leader and a Spanish soldier on the American side of the Revolutionary War. |
Marquis de Lafayette | French military officer that supported Washington and the American cause in the Revolutionary War. |
James Armistead | Was an African-American double agent that fed false information to the British and detailed accounts to the Americans |