Chapter 7 vocab
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| James Armistead | a slave who acted as a spy for Washington
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| Haym Salomon | a wealthy Jewish patriot who loaned large sums of money to the war effort
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| Yorktown | last real battle of the Revolution where Cornwallis was defeated
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| Blockade | strategy used by the British navy during the Revolution to keep ships from entering or leaving U.S. harbors
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| Privateer | a privately owned ship outfitted with weapons
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| Mercenaries | hiring soldiers from another country to fight your war (in this case the King hired them from the area we know as Germany today)
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| Inflation | when it takes more money to buy the same amount of goods
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| Recruit | getting people to enlist in military service
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| Marquis de Lafayette | volunteer from France who wanted to join the battle for freedom
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| Ambush | surprise attack
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| Siege | forcing surrender by blocking movement of people and goods
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| Bernardo De Galvez | Spanish governor of Louisiana who had supplies shipped up the Mississippi to help the Patriots against the British
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| Ratify | to officially approve something
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| Wentworth Cheswell | free African American Patriot who made a midnight ride to warn about British troop movement
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| Valley Forge | where Washington and his troops wintered over in 1778-79; many died from exposure, disease, and starvation
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