American Revolution

volunteer soldiers so called because of their ability to arrive on short notice

• mercenaries

• minutemen

• guerillas

• privateers

soldiers who are hired to fight for a country other than their own

• minutemen

• mercenaries

• profiteers

• guerillas

people who demand unfair prices for their goods

• minutemen

• mercenaries

• profiteers

• guerillas

soldiers who are not part of the regular army and who make hit-and-run attacks against the enemy

• minutemen

• mecenaries

• profiteers

• guerillas

to leave a military post without permission

• inflate

• desert

• siege

• ratify

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

• inflation

• ratification

• profiteering

• ambush

a privately owned ship outfitted with weapons

• mercenary

• privateer

• profiteer

• deserter

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

• blockade

• desert

• siege

• boycott

to vote approval of

• ratify

• repeal

• propaganda

• desert

an attack in which the attacker hides and surprises the enemy

• ambush

• guerilla

• desert

• ratify