Militia The military developed from within the community Like the National Guard is today Siege When an army takes control of a city or town in a total victory The City of Charleston was taken by the British ID: 660652
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American Revolution Battles Vocabulary 8.2-5Slide2
Militia
The military developed from within the community. Like the National Guard is today.Slide3
Siege
When an army takes control of a city or town in a total victory. The City of Charleston was taken by the British.Slide4
Blockade
To block a harbor and not allow traffic in or out. The British blockaded the harbor at Boston and the French blockaded the harbor at Virginia at the end of the war.Slide5
Provisional Government
Temporary government. When the colonists took over the colonies after the Dec. Of Ind. The new government was provisional.Slide6
Continental Army
The regular army run by George Washington. The official army of the colonists or patriots.Slide7
Guerilla Warfare
Fighting behind trees, not in plain sight. The strategy used by Francis Marion and the patriots.Slide8
Retreat
To call the army back. Go the other way from the fighting.Slide9
Partisan
The patriots that supported the revolution were called partisans. Not regular army.Slide10Slide11Slide12
Turning Point
The battle that turned the war around in favor of the Patriots. Kings Mountain. Slide13
War of Attrition
warfare is a military strategy in which a belligerent attempts to win a
war
by wearing down the enemy to the point of collapse through continuous losses in personnel and
materiel.