Chapter 8 Vocabulary American Revolution

Question 1

Mercenary

Answer 1

Soldiers who would fight for anyone who was willing to pay them

Question 2

Civil war

Answer 2

One between parties or sections of the same country

Question 3

Loyalist

Answer 3

Those who supported the king and wanted to remain part of British Empire

Question 4

Patriot

Answer 4

People who supported Continental and Provincial congresses and wanted independence from Britain

Question 5

Skirmish

Answer 5

Fighting between small groups

Question 6

Neutral

Answer 6

To not take sides during dispute

Question 7

Stalemate

Answer 7

A deadlock or situation with no winner/loser

Question 8

Constitution

Answer 8

A document that sets up framework for government

Question 9

Declaration of Independence

Answer 9

Letter to the king about independence

Question 10

Siege

Answer 10

Armed forces try to take an armed fort or town by surrounding and stopping supplies from reaching it

Question 11

Confiscate

Answer 11

Seizing

Question 12

Parole

Answer 12

Allowed to go home or be forgiven

Question 13

Guerrilla Warfare

Answer 13

Tactic where small groups of soldiers harass or launch surprise attacks on the enemy

Question 14

Thomas Jefferson

Answer 14

Wrote most of Declaration of Independence

Question 15

George Washington

Answer 15

Leader of Continental Army

Question 16

Nathanael Greene

Answer 16

American Commander in the South late in the war

Question 17

George III

Answer 17

King of Great Britain during American Revolution

Question 18

Paul Revere

Answer 18

Warned colonists that British were coming to Lexington and Concord

Question 19

Lafayette

Answer 19

French officer who came to help the Americans

Question 20

William Jasper

Answer 20

Replaced the fallen flag at Fort Sullivan

Question 21

William Moultrie

Answer 21

Commanded the troops at Fort Sullivan

Question 22

Francis Marion

Answer 22

Known as “Swamp Fox” from SC

Question 23

Thomas Sumter

Answer 23

Known as “Gamecock” from SC

Question 24

Andrew Pickens

Answer 24

Known as “Fighting Elder” from SC

Question 25

Banastre Tarleton

Answer 25

Leader of the Green Dragoons; known as “the butcher”

Question 26

Lord Cornwallis

Answer 26

Commander of the British in the South

Question 27

Minutemen

Answer 27

New England militia were called to fight in a moment’s notice

Question 28

Benedict Arnold

Answer 28

American General who became a traitor

Question 29

Nathan Hale

Answer 29

Caught and hanged as a spy and said “I regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.”

Question 30

Provincial Congress

Answer 30

The general committee of 99’s new established governing body