vocab 7 Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Valley Forge | Where Washington and troops wintered over 1778-1779; many died from exposure, disease, and starvation |
Wentworth Cheswell | Free African American patriot |
Bernardo DeGalves | Spanish governor of Louisiana who had supplies shipped up the Mississippi to help the patriots against the British |
Marquis De Lafayette | volunteer from France who wanted to join the battle for freedom |
`Ambush | surprise attack |
Mercenaries | Hired soldiers from another country |
Yorktown | last real battle when Cornwallis surrendered |
Haym Salomon | A wealthy jewish patriot who loaned large sums of money to the war effort |
James Armistead | a slave who acted as a slave for Washington |
Siege | Attempt to force surrender by blocking the movement of people or goods into or out of a place |
Privateer | a privately owned ship |
Ratify | to approve officially |
recruit | to enlist in the military |
inflation | when it takes more money to buy the same amount of goods |
sustain | to suffer or experience |
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