Verklempt is a loan word from the Yiddish language that acts as an adjective. It means to be overwhelmed by emotion, perhaps so much that one cannot speak.An alternative spellings include ferklempt, farklempt, verklemmt, and faklempt.However, the v spelling is vastly preferred.Yiddish is a language created by the Ashkenazi Jews and has many words with roots in the German language.t means to be overwhelmed by emotion, perhaps so much that one cannot speak. An alternative spellings include ferklempt, farklempt, verklemmt, and faklempt. However, the v spelling is vastly preferred. Yiddish is a language created by the Ashkenazi Jews and has many words with roots in the German language.
The conflict then developed into a global war, during which the Patriots (and later their French, Spanish, and Dutch allies) fought the British and Loyalists in what became known as the American Revolutionary War (1775â1783).
The American Revolution, 1763â1783. The British colonists of mainland North America had great hopes for the future in 1763, when the Peace of Paris formally ended the Seven Yearsâ War. Since the late seventeenth century, their lives had been disrupted by a series of wars between Britain and the âCatholic Powers,â France and Spain. Now, however, a triumphant Britain took title to Spanish Florida, French Canada, and all of Louisiana east of the Mississippi. With the British flag flying over so much of the North American continent, the colonists looked forward to a time of uninterrupted peace, expansion, and prosperity.