Chp. 6 - Revolution Vocabulary

Soldiers who would fight for whoever paid them the most.

• Loyalist

• Tories

• mercenaries

• Minutemen

Leaving your military unit without permission.

• to desert

• runaway

• stockade

When it ends up taking more and more money to buy the same amount of goods over time.

• deflation

• recession

• inflation

• stagflation

Military term, meaning to keep ships from entering or leaving American harbors.

• retreat

• attack

• siege

• blockage

A privately owned merchant ship outfitted with weapons, whose goal is to capture enemy merchant ships and cargo.

• pirate

• frigate

• privateer

• submarine

Which of these action words means to approve?

• blockade

• siege

• ambush

• ratify

Which of these action words means to surprise the enemy?

• blockade

• siege

• ambush

• ratify

Which action word means to abandon your post?

• mercenary

• recruit

• desert

• court-martial

Someone who is against British rule

• mercanary

• patriot

• loyalist

Someone who supports the British

• mercanary

• patriot

• loyalist