American Revolution Vocabulary

The shutting of a port to keep people or supplies from moving in or out

• cancel

• blockade

• boycott

• siege

The army of the Thirteen Colonies and the Revolutionary-era United States

• guerrilla warfare

• Continental Army

• minutemen

• Patriots

A person who betrays his or her country

• Patriot

• Loyalist

• Traitor

• Mercenary

Hit and run ambush style of fighting a war

• Sons of Liberty

• Minutemen

• Mercenary

• Guerrilla warfare

England recognized American independence in this treaty.

• Treaty of Paris

• Common Sense

• Declaration of Independence

• Treaty of Alliance

(1775-1783) The 13 American colonies won their independence from Great Britain. The colonies became the United States of America.

• French & Indian War

• American Revolutionary War

• Pastry War

• Anglo-French War

Continental Army set up camp in Pennsylvania during the harsh winter of 1777–78. Required a lot of  sacrifice and perseverance to keep the army going.

• Saratoga

• Yorktown

• Valley Forge

• Lexington & Concord

(1781) The last great battle of the American Revolution. It is where the British Army surrendered.  Took place in Virginia.

• Lexington & Concord

• Saratoga

• Valley Forge

• Yorktown

A nation that works with another nation for a common purpose

• foreign aid

• friend

• enemy

• partner

Hessians

• German soldiers hired to fight for the British in the American Revolution

• German soldiers hired to fight for the Americans in the American Revolution

• French soldiers hired to fight for the Americans in the American Revolution

• French soldiers hired to fight for the British in the American Revolution