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V OCAB 4 Histoire
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Agreement between nations to aid and support one another. | Alliance |
| Shutting a port or roadway to prevent people or supplies from coming into or leaving an area. | Blockade |
| Form of paper money printed during the American Revolution. | Continental: |
| Military person who leaves or runs away from service without the intention of going back. | Deserter |
| The act of conducting negotiations between nations and people. | Diplomacy |
| Formal complaint. | Grievance |
| Fighter who works as a part of small band to make hit-and-run attacks. | Guerrilla |
| Freedom | Liberty |
| Soldier who fights for pay and is often hired by a foreign country. | mercenary |
| Rights that belong to every human being (not government given rights). | Natural Rights |
| Formal written request to someone in authority that is signed by a group of people. | Petition |
| Armed civilian ship that had the government’s permission to attack enemy ships and keep goods seized. | Privateer |
| Open, organized and armed resistance to one’s government or ruler. | Rebellion |
| The setting right of what is wrong. | redress: |
| The overthrow and thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed. | revolution: |
| The overall plan or method of a military operation to achieve victory. | Strategy |
| The maneuvers of a military operation. | Tactics |
| The act of betraying one’s country. | Treason |
| The abusive use of absolute power and authority by a king. | Tyranny |
| Natural Rights listed in the Declaration of Independence, namely, Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness. | Unalienable Rights: |