| A | B |
|---|
| Strategy | the art of creating toward a goal |
| Guerrilla Warfare | hit-and-run tactics done by a weaker group against a stronger opponent |
| Siege | military blockade of a city or fortified place to force it to surrender |
| Blockade | the blocking of an enemy’s harbor/port by troops or warships to prevent the passing of persons or supplies; |
| Militia | a part of the organized armed forces of a country called only in emergency |
| Alliance | the creation of a union further the common interests of the members |
| Loyalist/Tory | American colonists who wanted to stay with England |
| Patriot/Whig | American colonists who wanted to separate from England and create a new country |
| Neutral | someone who neither for or against (in the middle) |
| Mercenary | soldier paid to fight in another country’s military (like Hessians) |
| George Washington | Commander in Chief of the Continental Army; first American president |
| John Paul Jones | American navy captain that defeated the Serapis near Britain; "Father of the American Navy" |
| Marquis de Lafayette | Frenchman who volunteered to fight for the Patriot cause |
