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  • Barrier preventing the movement of troops and supplies.
    Blockade
  • Rapid rise is prices
    Inflation
  • A group of volunteers who fight in times of emergency.
    Militia
  • Peace agreement
    Treaty
  • Refusing to buy goods or services for a specific reason.
    Boycott
  • To charge high prices for goods that are in short supply.
    Profiteering
  • Colonists who supported the fight for independence.
    Patriot
  • Colonist who supported Great Britain in the American Revolution
    Loyalist
  • River or stream that flows into a larger river.
    Tributary
  • To run away or leave someone in their time of need.
    Desert