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Chapter 5
The American Revolution
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| mercenary | a paid soldier who serves in the armed forces of a foreign country-adjective |
| recruit | to enlist in the military; to hire people for jobs-verb |
| transfer | to move-verb |
| previous | earlier-adjective |
| inflation | when it takes more and more money to buy the same amount of goods; increase in price of goods or services-noun |
| aid | to help-noun |
| desert | to leave without permission or intent to come back-verb |
| issue | a subject that people have different views about; to deliver or hand out-noun |
| blockade | an action used to keep a country from communicating and trading with other nations; to close off a country's ports-noun |
| privateer | privately owned ship outfitted with weapons-noun |
| impact | an effect-noun |
| sustain | to suffer or experience-verb |
| siege | an attempt to force surrender by blocking the movement of people or goods into or out of a place; military blockade-noun |
| ratify | to vote approval of-verb |
| ambush | an attack in which the attacker hides and surprises the enemy-noun |
| strategy | a plan of action; a careful plan or method-noun |
| pursue | to proceed with-verb |
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