American History Chapter 6: The Revolutionary War
___ 1. Mercenary
___ 2. Recruit
___ 3. Inflation
___ 4. Blockade
___ 5. Privateer
___ 6. Ratify
___ 7. Ambush
___ 1. Baron Von Steuben
___ 2. George Washington
___ 3. Thomas Jefferson
___ 4. Benjamin Franklin
___ 5. John Hancock
___ 6. Benedict Arnold
___ 7. Marquis Lafayette
___ 8. John Paul Jones
_7A_ World War II
____ Princeton & Trenton
____ Saratoga
____ Bunker Hill
____ Lexington & Concord
____ Battle of Yorktown
____ Valley Forge
Name: ____________
a) Prices going up
b) Enlist in the military
c) Attack by surprise
d) Hired Soldier
e) Private ship outfitted with weapons; often pirates
f) To approve officially
g) Keeping ships from entering a port
a) Virginian who wrote the Declaration of Independence, later is an ambassador
c) “I have not yet begun to fight!” – great Naval captain, sunk British ships
d) Won the Battle of Saratoga, but is most famous as traitor to America
e) Oldest, most respected leader of the colonists; scientist, publisher, diplomat
g) French man who joins the American cause, becomes Washington’s right hand
h) 1st to sign Declaration of Independence; president of Continental Congress
i) the leader of the Continental Army, a Virginian who people admired
j) German who helped train the Americans to fight
a) America, the UK, and Russia defeat Germany, Italy, and Japan. .
b) “Don’t’ fire till you see the whites of their eyes!”
c) A great victory which convinced overseas allies to join the colonists
d) Paul Revere warned the British were coming here
e) Washington surprised the Hessians and delivered a great victory
f) Last battle; where Washington forced the British to surrender
g) Low point of the war, when Washington’s troops camp near Philadelphia