CH 6 VB The American Revolution

an attack in which the attacker hides and surprises the enemy.

• strategy

• siege

• ambush

• ratify

hired soldiers

• desert

• privateer

• mercenary

• inflation

to enlist in the military

• ratify

• strategy

• ambush

• recruit

to approve officially, usually a treaty, contract or formal document

• ratify

• siege

• strategy

• recruit

measure that keeps ships from entering or leaving a harbor

• privateer

• blockade

• mercenary

• inflation

a privately owned ship equipped with weapons

• blockade

• mercenary

• privateer

• siege

when it takes more and more money to buy the same amount of goods

• desert

• strategy

• recruit

• inflation

a plan of action

• siege

• strategy

• mercenary

• ratify

to leave or abandon the army/military without permission.

• recruit

• privateer

• desert

• ambush

an attempt to force surrender by blocking the movement of people and goods into or out of a place

• siege

• ambush

• mercenary

• inflation