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Mercenaries
Hired soldiers.
Recruit
Enlist someone to join.
Blockade
Military tactic to prevent entry or exit.
Privateer
Privately-owned ship authorized to attack enemy vessels.
Siege
Surrounding and isolating a fortified place to capture it.
Ratify
Formal approval or confirmation of a decision or agreement.
Hessian
German paid soldier.
Indentured servant
Someone who works off a debt from the government.
Nathan Hale
Spied on the British, caught and hung.
Paul Revere
Warned the patriots that the British were coming.
Yankee Doodle
Song used by the British to mock American colonists.
Battle of Long Island
George Washington's escape plan using burning campfires.
Southern strategy
British plan to station soldiers in the south to reach loyalists.
Cornwallis
Blocked the port of Yorktown, surrendered there.
Saratoga
Turning point of the war, led to French and Spanish support.
Thomas Jefferson
Given credit for writing the Declaration of Independence.
Alexander Hamilton
Set up the national bank, the first financial system of the USA.
Treaty of Paris
Ended the American Revolution.
John Adams
2nd president of the United States.
After the war
It faced debts, economic problems, and had no president.