Chapter 10 QUIZ #2 REVIEW

Question 1

Where the War for Independence began

Answer 1

Lexington and Concord

Question 2

Led the “Green Mountain Boys” and took Fort Ticonderoga

Answer 2

Ethan Allen

Question 3

German soldiers hired by King George III

Answer 3

Hessians

Question 4

Told the world why the colonists wanted their independence

Answer 4

Declaration of Independence

Question 5

The day we celebrate America’s independence

Answer 5

July 4

Question 6

President of the Second Continental Congress

Answer 6

John Hancock

Question 7

the land deposited at the mouth of a river

Answer 7

delta

Question 8

narrow, man-made channel of water that joins other bodies of water

Answer 8

canal

Question 9

the place where a river begins

Answer 9

source

Question 10

an inland body of water

Answer 10

lake

Question 11

Hole or ditch dug to provide protection for soldiers in time of war

Answer 11

trench

Question 12

During which battle did the colonists show the British that they would not give up easily

Answer 12

Battle of Bunker Hill

Question 13

Who was the Commander of the American Army during the War for Independence?

Answer 13

George Washington

Question 14

What important fort did Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain boys capture?

Answer 14

Fort Ticonderoga

Question 15

What battle if often called the turning point of the War for Independence?

Answer 15

Saratoga

Question 16

Whose bold adventure captured British forts in the Northwest Territory?

Answer 16

George Rogers Clark

Question 17

What Scotsman was determined to help the American Navy be successful?

Answer 17

John Paul Jones

Question 18

Who said, “I have not yet begun to fight?”

Answer 18

John Paul Jones

Question 19

What General led the British Army near the end of the war and later surrendered to Washington?

Answer 19

Conrwallis