Winning
is the shutting of a port to keep people of all colonial ports
blockade
Introduction
preamble
to undergo
sustain
troops for hire
mercenaries
rights that belong to all people from birth
natural rights
hit and run tactics to harass the British
guerrilla
is a person who betrays his or her country
traitor
rights to be free and to choose how to live; cannot be taken away
unalienable rights
occurs when an army surrounds and blockades an enemy position in an attempt to capture it
siege
to make certain, to secure
ensure
to stop or end
cease