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Revolutionary Vocab

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A hired soldier

a)

Soldier

b)

Mercenary

c)

Recruit

d)

Inflation

2.

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

a)

Privateer

b)

Recruit

c)

Fight

d)

Ambush

3.

To enlist into the military.

a)

Recruit

b)

Enlist

c)

Blockade

d)

Soldier

4.

To approve officially.

a)

Recruit

b)

Ratify

c)

Siege

d)

Ambush

5.

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

a)

Inflation

b)

Siege

c)

Ratify

d)

Privateer

6.

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

a)

Privateering

b)

Ratify

c)

Siege

d)

Ambush

7.

A measure that keeps a country from communicating and trading with other nations.

a)

Stop

b)

Siege

c)

Mercenary

d)

Blockade

8.

Privately owned ships outfitted with weapons.

a)

Pirate

b)

Privateer

c)

Recruit

d)

Ambush

9.

A partnership and joining together to advance a common cause.

a)

Recruit

b)

Alliance

c)

Blockade

d)

Privateer

10.

forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system.

a)

Rebellion

b)

Alliance

c)

Revolution

d)

Siege

11.

Hessians were a type of _________.

a)

Friend

b)

Fighter

c)

Mercenary

d)

Alliance

12.

The continental army was made up of ________.

a)

Recruits

b)

Alliances

c)

Mercenaries

d)

Blockades

13.

The states printed money without having gold to back it up causing ___________.

a)

Inflation

b)

Recruits

c)

Privateers

d)

Sieges

14.

The British formed a __________ to keep American ships from going in and out.

a)

Siege

b)

Alliance

c)

Blockade

d)

Revolution

15.

___________ were used in the war to capture enemy ships.

a)

Alliances

b)

Privateers

c)

Recruits

d)

Ratified

16.

Many historians believe the war was a __________.

a)

Revolution

b)

Blockade

c)

Siege

d)

Recruit

17.

Congress ________ the Treaty of Paris, ending the war.

a)

Recruited

b)

Ratified

c)

Privateered

d)

Ambushed

18.

The Americans knew the land so led many ___________ in the countryside.

a)

Revolutions

b)

Privateers

c)

Ambushes

d)

Recruits

19.

The colonists formed an ________ with the French.

a)

Recruit

b)

Inflation

c)

privateer

d)

Alliance

20.

France decided to join the war due to Patriot victor at this battle.

a)

Battle of Trenton

b)

Battle of Saratoga

c)

Battle of Yorktown

d)

Battle of Columbia

21.

Winter at _____ ______ was terrible due to lack of shelter, supplies, and smallpox.

a)

Ohio Valley

b)

Valley Patriot

c)

Valley Fort

d)

Valley Forge

22.

Final battle of the Revolution.

a)

Battle of Yorktown

b)

Battle of Saratoga

c)

Battle of Trenton

d)

Battle of Columbia

23.

Treaty that ends the Revolutionary War.

a)

Treaty of Columbia

b)

Treaty of Washington

c)

Treaty of Ghent

d)

Treaty of Paris

24.

Leader of the Continental Army.

a)

General Von Steuben

b)

General Washington

c)

General Lafayette

d)

General Haas

25.

Who created an alliance with the Patriots?

a)

The Indians

b)

The British

c)

The French

d)

The Canadians

26.

Who won the American Revolution

a)

The Loyalists

b)

The British

c)

The Patriots

d)

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