8th Grade Revolutionary War

4. An act of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving.
6. A professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army.
7. Unable to be taken away from or given away by the possessor.
8. A surprise attack by people lying in wait in a concealed position.
10. To sign or give formal consent to a treaty, contract, or agreement, making it officially valid.
12. A hit-and-run technique used in fighting a war; fighting by small bands of warriors using tactics such as sudden ambushes.
13. A continuous rise in the price of goods and services combined with a decrease in the value of money.
14. A privately owned ship commissioned by a government to attack enemy ships.

1. managing international relations, typically by a country's representatives abroad.
2. Cruel and oppressive government or rule.
3. To enlist someone in the armed forces.
5. To leave one's military post or run away from battle without permission.
6. A military force that is raised from the civil population to supplement a regular army in an emergency.
9. A military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building, cutting off essential supplies.
11. A person who betrays a friend, country, or principle.