American Revolution

The sealing off of a port city with enemy ships

• blockade

• boycott

• arsenal

A volunteer army

• mercenary

• militia

• artillery

A militia soldier who is said to be ready at a moments notice

• revenue

• revolution

• minutemen

The refusal to buy goods

• boycott

• patriot

• guerrilla warfare

Betrayal of one's country

• arsenal

• treason

• boycott

A hit-and-run technique used in fighting a war; fighting by small bands of warriors using tactics such as sudden ambushes

• congress

• loyalist

• guerrilla warfare

American colonist who favored American independence

• patriot

• militia

• revolution

A moment of great change

• militia

• revolution

• revenue

German soldiers, hired by the British, to fight against the Continental Army

• Hessians

• Loyalists

• Minutemen

The legislative assembly composed of delegates from the rebel colonies who met during and after the American Revolution to make decisions for the 13 colonies

• committees of correspondence

• continental congress

• patriot congress