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| loyalist | a colonist of the American revolutionary period who supported the British cause |
| mercenary | a professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army |
| recruit | to get someone to join something |
| transfer | move from one place to another |
| spy | a person who secretly collects and reports information on the activities, movements, and plans of an enemy or competitor |
| ambush | surprise attack |
| desert | the abandonment of a military duty or post without permission |
| rank | a position in the hierarchy of the armed forces |
| aide | an assistant to an important person |
| currency | a system of money in general use in a particular country |
| inflation | a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money |
| issue | an important topic or problem for debate or discussion |
| blockade | an act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving |
| privateer | an armed private ship licensed to attack enemy shipping |
| strategy | a plan of action or policy designed to achieve a major or overall aim |
| campaign | a series of military operations intended to achieve a particular objective, confined to a particular area, or involving a specified type of fighting |
| fleet | a group of ships sailing together |
| siege | a military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building, cutting off essential supplies, with the aim of compelling the surrender of those inside |
| surrender | to agree to stop fighting, hiding, resisting, etc. |
| ratify | sign or give formal consent to (a treaty, contract, or agreement), making it officially valid |
| Newburgh Conspiracy | a failed apparent threat by leaders of the Continental Army in March 1783, at the end of the American Revolutionary War |
