Question 1

mercenary

Accepted Answer

a soldier paid to fight for another country

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a rapid rise in prices

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to run away during war

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charging high prices for hoarded  goods

Question 2

inflation

Accepted Answer

rapid rise in prices

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prevents the passage of people or supplies

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to run away during war

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secretly watching people or activities to get information

Question 3

profiteering

Accepted Answer

charging high prices for hoarded goods

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prevents the passage of people or supplies

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a soldier paid to fight for another country

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to run away during war

Question 4

desert

Accepted Answer

to run away during war

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a rapid rise in prices

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secretly watching people or activities to get information

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prevents the passage of people or supplies

Question 5

spy

Accepted Answer

secretly watching people or activities to get information

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to run away during war

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a soldier paid to fight for another country

Answer

a rapid rise in prices

Question 6

blockade

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prevents the passage of people or supplies

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charging high prices for hoarded goods

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to run away during war

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a rapid rise in prices

Question 7

Many well trained soldiers

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British

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Americans

Question 8

Fewer soldiers

Accepted Answer

Americans

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British

Question 9

Rifles were more accurate

Accepted Answer

Americans

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British

Question 10

Help from Loyalists

Accepted Answer

British

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Americans

Question 11

Red uniforms

Accepted Answer

British

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Americans

Question 12

Surprise attacks

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Americans

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British

Question 13

Lacked uniforms and shoes

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Americans

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British

Question 14

Only trained to fight in open fields

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British

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Americans

Question 15

Sent warships, supplies, and soldiers

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France

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Baron von Steuben from Prussia

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Spain

Question 16

Helped in the South by closing the port of New Orleans to the British and letting American ships in.  Also loaned money.

Accepted Answer

Spain

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France

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Baron von Steuben from Prussia

Question 17

Helped improve the Patriots fighting skills with strict training and drills.

Accepted Answer

Baron von Steuben from Prussia

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France

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Spain

Question 18

Officially ended the Revolutionary War

Accepted Answer

Treaty of Paris

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Stamp Act

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Boston Tea Party

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War of 1812

Question 19

Took over family farms, wrote letters, helped on the battlefield, and some even fought.

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women

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Loyalists

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African Americans

Question 20

Fought in almost every battle of the war

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African Americans

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Dogs

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women

Question 21

Congress printed these to pay for the war, but they caused inflation.

Accepted Answer

Continentals

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stamps

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letters

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postcards

Question 22

Cutting off trade caused...

Accepted Answer

Americans to have food shortages

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Increases in population

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Slaves became free

Question 23

How were Loyalists treated?

Accepted Answer

Badly - their property was destroyed

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Great - they were given money

Question 24

In December 1776, they deserted because they didn't have shoes, food or hope.

Accepted Answer

soldiers

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women

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slaves

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farmers

Question 25

What happened at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania?

Accepted Answer

2000 Patriots died of cold, hunger, and disease

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the British won the war

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the Americans won the war

Question 26

Why were Patriots willing to fight so hard?

Accepted Answer

they were fighting for their independence

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they had more men

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they were stronger and faster

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