Chapter 6 Test

Question 1

The group of delegates that met in Pennsylvania. This group was the one that wrote the Olive Branch Petition

Answer 1

Second Continental Congress

Question 2

The letter to the king that peacefully asked for their rights as Englishmen that wasn’t even read by the king

Answer 2

Olive Branch Petition

Question 3

The army created by the Continental Congress with George Washington as the commander

Answer 3

Continental Army

Question 4

The general that lead the Continental Army

Answer 4

George Washington

Question 5

The leader of the “Green Mountain Boys” to capture the British outposts of Fort Ticonderoga

Answer 5

Ethan Allen

Question 6

One of the forts that were necessary to the British’s plan to cut off New England from the rest of the colonies

Answer 6

Fort Ticonderoga

Question 7

The other commander on the same mission as Ethan Allen and argued over who would be in command. They settled for sharing command and captured the fort without firing a shot

Answer 7

Benedict Arnold

Question 8

Troops hired by Britain from mostly the German area

Answer 8

Mercenaries/Hessians

Question 9

The man who led a team that hauled sixty tons of artillery from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston with sledges

Answer 9

Henry Knox

Question 10

The colonists that stayed loyal to the king

Answer 10

Loyalists (Tories)

Question 11

The colonists that rebelled and wanted a free country without the king controlling them

Answer 11

Patriots

Question 12

The pamphlet that tried to convince the colonists to separate from Britain

Answer 12

Common Sense

Question 13

The man that wrote Common Sense

Answer 13

Thomas Paine

Question 14

The man that primarily wrote the declaration of independence

Answer 14

Thomas Jefferson

Question 15

The declaration that told everyone that America was going to be free and separate from Britain

Answer 15

Declaration of Independence

Question 16

The schoolmaster that was a spy for the Americans

Answer 16

Nathan Hale

Question 17

The British commander that was fooled by George Washington’s fake campfires

Answer 17

Charles Cornwallis

Question 18

The camp where the soldiers were hungry, cold, ill-clothed, and sick.

Answer 18

Valley Forge

Question 19

The drillmaster that gave military training to the healthy men at Valley Forge

Answer 19

Baron von Steuben

Question 20

The army quartermaster that tried to solve the supply problem but it hardly improved

Answer 20

Nathanael Greene

Question 21

The man that organized a force to go into the Ohio Valley to drive Hamilton (a.k.a. Haid Buyer) out

Answer 21

George Rogers Clark

Question 22

The outpost in Indiana that George Rogers Clark captured

Answer 22

Vincennes

Question 23

Merchant vessels outfitted to fight

Answer 23

Privateers

Question 24

The man that defeated the British ship Serapis

Answer 24

John Paul Jones

Question 25

The general that suffered a crushing defeat and fled, leaving his men behind

Answer 25

Horatio Gates

Question 26

The place where Horatio Gates was defeated

Answer 26

Camden, South Carolina

Question 27

The young French volunteer who was close friends with George Washington

Answer 27

Marquis de Lafayette

Question 28

The British general that surrendered which ended the war

Answer 28

Charles Cornwallis

Question 29

The treaty that granted the colonies their independence and gave the new nation all lands east of the Mississippi and set the nation’s northern boundary from the Great Lakes to Lake of the Woods in Minnesota

Answer 29

Treaty of Paris

Question 30

The general that crossed the Delaware River to defeat the Hessians at Trenton

Answer 30

George Washington

Question 31

The two generals that defeated the colonists at Bunker Hill

Answer 31

General Gage and William Howe

Question 32

The place that the Americans defeated General Burgoyne

Answer 32

Bemis Heights

Question 33

The Mohawk chieftain that remained loyal to the British throughout the war and also served as a missionary to his people

Answer 33

Joseph Brant

Question 34

When did the revolutionary war start?

Answer 34

April 19, 1775

Question 35

When did the revolutionary war end?

Answer 35

September 3, 1783

Question 36

When was the declaration of independence created?

Answer 36

July 4, 1776

Question 37

When was the Treaty of Paris created?

Answer 37

September 3, 1783