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A colonist who was against British rule and supported the rebel cause in the American colonies.
What is a Patriot
100
An economic condition in which more money is needed to buy goods and services than was needed earlier.
What is inflation
100
Charging an extra-high price for a good or service.
What is profiteering
100
traveled to be with her husband, George
Who is Martha Washington
100
a man who dressed up as a school teacher and spied on the British.
Who is Nathan Hale
200
A person who remained loyal to the British king.
What is a Loyalist
200
profiteering
What is enlist
200
A soldier who serves for pay in the military of a foreign nation.
What is mercenary
200
wrote patriotic poems and stories that often showed women heroes fighting for freedom
Who is Mercy Otis Warren
200
helped American soldiers by getting clothes and food.
Who is Marquis de Lafayette
300
A single event that causes important and dramatic change.
What is turning point
300
To talk with another to work out an agreement.
What is negotiate
300
One who works against one's own government.
What is traitor
300
argued for freedom in letters she wrote to her husband, John
Who is Abigail Adams
300
a woman fighter in the Revolutionary War who also helped bring water to the soldiers
Who is Molly Pitcher
400
A person who wanted to end slavery.
What is an abolitionist
400
To end.
What is to abolish
400
Land that belongs to a national government but is not a state.
What is territory
400
trained American soldiers to fight.
Who is Baron Von Steuben
400
the person who said “I have not yet begun to fight.”
Who is John Paul Jones
500
A law or set of laws.
What is ordinance
500
Not taking a side in a disagreement.
What is neutral
500
A large, organized group of soldiers.
What is regiment
500
dressed in men’s clothes to fight, calling herself Robert Shirtliffe
Who is Deborah Sampson
500
a slave that sued to be free
Who is Elizabeth Freeman