chapter 6

Question 1

date the Declaration of Independence was adopted

Answer 1

July 4, 1776

Question 2

date of the Battle of Saratoga

Answer 2

October 17, 1777

Question 3

year of the turning point of the War for Independence

Answer 3

1777 (the Battle of Saratoga was that battle)

Question 4

year of the Battle of Yorktown

Answer 4

1781

Question 5

year of the Treaty of Paris (War for Independence)

Answer 5

1783

Question 6

the colonists’ letter sent to George III to repair their relationship

Answer 6

Olive Branch Petition (July 1775)

Question 7

meeting that declared reasons America needed to fight

Answer 7

Continental Congress (issued a document)

Question 8

document from the Continental Congress that listed reasons the US needed to fight

Answer 8

Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms

Question 9

king’s response to the Olive Branch Petition that said the colonists were defiant

Answer 9

Proclamation of Rebellion

Question 10

_____ removed parliamentary protection from the colonies

Answer 10

Prohibitory Act (issued by Parliament)

Question 11

German soldiers

Answer 11

Hessians

Question 12

wrote Common Sense, which explained that it would be “common sense” to fight for independence due to violations of rights/charters

Answer 12

Thomas Paine

Question 13

proposed on June 7, 1776 that America should be free from England

Answer 13

Richard Henry Lee

Question 14

led the committee that wrote the document claiming independence from England

Answer 14

Thomas Jefferson

Question 15

____ marked the date of America’s independence

Answer 15

July 4, 1776, when the Declaration of Independence was finished

Question 16

most important human statement of political principles in history

Answer 16

Declaration of Independence (it had 27 reasons for independence)

Question 17

supported the social contract theory

Answer 17

John Locke

Question 18

said that individuals have rights to life, liberty, and property

Answer 18

John Locke; social contract theory

Question 19

William Blackstone wrote ______

Answer 19

Commentaries on the Laws of England

Question 20

Commentaries on the Laws of England was written by ______

Answer 20

William Blackstone

Question 21

supported independence from England

Answer 21

Patriots (whigs)

Question 22

supported the king and his authority

Answer 22

Loyalists (tories)

Question 23

Patriot advantages

Answer 23

1. experienced military leaders
2. British hindrances (weather, unfamiliar territory)
3. war was unpopular in England
4. foreign aid from France (Marquis de Lafayette) among other countries

Question 24

Patriot disadvantages

Answer 24

1. lack of unity among the colonies
2. difficulty financing the war
3. maintenance of the army (supplies, weapons, food, etc.) was challenging

Question 25

appointed Superintendent of Finance

Answer 25

Robert Morris

Question 26

Polish Jew who helped finance the war

Answer 26

Haym Salomon

Question 27

won New York City

Answer 27

British, under Lord Richard Howe (brother of General William Howe, who also helped)

Question 28

river Washington fled on under the cover of fog

Answer 28

Delaware River

Question 29

Christmas invasion where Hessians took a loss

Answer 29

Trenton (after Washington's troops went on the Delaware River)

Question 30

battle between Washington and Charles Cornwallis

Answer 30

Princeton

Question 31

who won the Battle of Princeton?

Answer 31

Washington

Question 32

generals involved in the British 3-part plan to separate New England from the rest of the colonies

Answer 32

Generals Burgoyne, St. Leger, and (William) Howe

Question 33

colonial general who committed treason when he handed over West Point and defected to the British

Answer 33

Benedict Arnold

Question 34

during the 3-part British plan, this general almost completed his part, while the other 2 did not

Answer 34

General Burgoyne

Question 35

Burgoyne was surrounded by this colonial leader and forced to surrender

Answer 35

Horatio Gates

Question 36

Burgoyne was forced to surrender at ____ by Horatio Gates

Answer 36

Saratoga

Question 37

turning point of the War for Independence

Answer 37

Battle of Saratoga

Question 38

colonial defeats at ____ and ____ led to the British capturing Philadelphia (the unofficial capital of the colonies)

Answer 38

Brandywine and Germantown

Question 39

(British) Howe's control of Philadelphia led to Washington's army retreating and suffering at _____

Answer 39

Valley Forge

Question 40

replaced General Howe; abandoned Philadelphia in the spring of 1778 and moved to New York City

Answer 40

Sir Henry Clinton

Question 41

won the Battle of Monmouth

Answer 41

Sir Henry Clinton, a British general

Question 42

led the patriots on the frontier

Answer 42

George Rogers Clark

Question 43

Native American leader who helped the British; became a missionary to his people

Answer 43

Joseph Brant

Question 44

recaptured Stony Point for the patriots

Answer 44

Anthony Wayne

Question 45

true or false: America did not have an official navy

Answer 45

true (volunteers just brought their boats and battled)

Question 46

civilian captains and ships (fought most of the naval battles)

Answer 46

privateers

Question 47

John Paul Jones's boat

Answer 47

Bonhomme Richard

Question 48

led the Bonhomme Richard to defeat the Serapis

Answer 48

John Paul Jones

Question 49

led a campaign vs. the patriots in the South; captured Georgia and South Carolina

Answer 49

General Cornwallis

Question 50

"Swamp Fox"

Answer 50

Francis Marion

Question 51

"Game Cock"

Answer 51

Thomas Sumter

Question 52

battle that checked the advance of the British

Answer 52

Battle of King's Mountain

Question 53

"Fighting Quaker" who led the British away from their reinforcements and forced Cornwallis to retreat back to the coast

Answer 53

Nathaniel Greene

Question 54

leader of the French fleet that blocked the entrance to Chesapeake Bay

Answer 54

Comte de Grasse

Question 55

led French reinforcements South with Washington to invade Yorktown

Answer 55

Comte de Rochambeau

Question 56

when was Cornwallis forced to surrender?

Answer 56

October 19, 1781 (end)