Topic 4 - Part II: The American Revolutionary War

Define Mercenary

• hired soldiers

• A continuous rise in the price of goods and service

• Private merchant ships with weapons

• A surprise attack

Define Blockade

• hired soldiers

• A continuous rise in the price of goods and service

• Private merchant ships with weapons

• warships prevented supplies and reinforcements from reaching an area

Define Ambush

• Private merchant ships with weapons

• A continuous rise in the price of goods and service

• A surprise attack

• warships prevented supplies and reinforcements from reaching an area

Define Inflation

• hired soldiers

• A continuous rise in the price of goods and service

• A surprise attack

• warships prevented supplies and reinforcements from reaching an area

South Carolina was the only state not to ________ African American soldiers.

• recruit

• ratify

• siege

• Privateers

The Continental Congress had to _____________ the Treaty of Paris to end the Revolutionary War.

• recruit

• ratify

• siege

• Privateers

Patriot forces held Yorktown under ___________ not allowing supplies or troops in or out of the town.

• recruit

• ratify

• siege

• Privateers

To help break the British blockade the Patriots used _______________ to attack and capture British ships.

• recruit

• ratify

• siege

• Privateers

Loyalists supported which side?

• British

• American Independence

Patriots supported which side?

• British

• American Independence