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1. Mercenary - hired soldier
2. Recruit - to enlist in the military
3. Ambush - an attack in which the attacker hides and surprises the enemy
4. Inflation - when it takes more and more money to buy the same amount of goods
5. Privateer - privately owned ship outfitted with weapons
6. Siege - an attempt to force surrender by blocking the movement of people or goods into or out of a place
7. Blockade - measure that keeps a country from communicating and trading with other nations
8. Ratify - to approve officially
9. Friedrich von Steuben - drilled Patriots at Valley Forge
10. Peter Salem - African-American who won freedom
11. Continental Army - Patriot forces
12. Privateer - merchant warships
13. Martha Washington - Wife of President Washington
14. Deborah Sampson - disguised herself as a man so she could fight with the army
15. Rhode Island - first state to have an all-African American regiment was
16. Hessians - hired soldiers from Germany
17. Lafayette -French General who helped the Americans
18. What was George Washington’s greatest challenge at Valley Forge?
Keeping his army together
19. What problem caused Congress to stop issuing paper money?
Inflation
20. Who was the man who turned the ragged Continental Army into a more efficient fighting force?
Von Steuben
21. What was nation that made an alliance with the revolutionary United States in 1778?
France
22. Who led the Patriots victory at Vincennes which strengthened the American position in the West?
George Roger Clark
23. Why did supplies and reinforcements not reach American harbors?
Because of British blockade
24. Due to George Washington’s strategy, where was Charles Cornwallis defeated?
Battle of Yorktown
25. What year was the Treaty of Paris signed?
1783
26. What foreign troops helped defeat British forces at Yorktown?
French
27. Charles Cornwallis
General who surrendered at Yorktown
28. George Washington
Frist president of the United States
29. Were all colonists Patriots? Explain why or why not.
No some were loyalists and supported the King
30. Explain some of the hardships suffered at Valley Forge.
Disease, lack of food, shelter, clothing. Soldiers and general abandoning the army
31. What disadvantages did the Patriots face in fighting the British?
Struggled to raise money, smaller army, the British had a winning tradition, better navy. The British hired Hessians, soldiers were well equipped, well disciplined, well paid and well fed.
32. Explain the Treaty of Paris.
The official peace treaty between the United States and France. The USA was able to expand westward and Britain recognized the colonies as free and independent states.