Chapter 6

Question 1

What were 3 advantages that the British had over the Colonists?

Answer 1

Stronger military, greater wealth, larger population

Question 2

What was another name for loyalists?

Answer 2

Still loyal to great britian

Question 3

What percentage of Colonists were loyalists?

Answer 3

20%

Question 4

What were Hessians?

Answer 4

Main goal was to make money

Question 5

What was the main goal for Hessians?

Answer 5

To make money

Question 6

What was the biggest advantage that the Patriots had?

Answer 6

Momentum shift

Question 7

What was significant about the Battle of Fort Ticonderoga?

Answer 7

Suprize attack allowed americans to take as they need

Question 8

By the end of the American Revolution, what was the only state to not have African Americans fighting?

Answer 8

South carolina

Question 9

What was the name of the surprise attack on Christmas 1776 where Washington crossed the Delaware River?

Answer 9

Battle of trenton

Question 10

Where was the American capital during the American Revolution?

Answer 10

Phelidelphia

Question 11

Why was the Battle of Saratoga the turning point of the American Revolution?

Answer 11

Turning point between france and spain war

Question 12

What significant thing did James Robertson establish in modern day East Tennessee?

Answer 12

Watauga settlement

Question 13

What was the purpose of the Watauga Petitions of 1772?

Answer 13

Create a 10 year lease on land

Question 14

What did the Watauga Petitions also help create west of the Appalachian Mountains?

Answer 14

First structured goverment

Question 15

Who helped create the Transylvania Purchase with the Cherokee?

Answer 15

Richard hendrenson

Question 16

What battle helped secure the Wataugan presence in the Cumberland River area?

Answer 16

Battle of bluffs

Question 17

Was everyone in the Cherokee Nation pleased with the Transylvania Purchase?

Answer 17

Warned wataugas about the peace

Question 18

Who helped James Robertson create Fort Nashborough?

Answer 18

John donelson

Question 19

What was the biggest ally the Patriots had during the war?

Answer 19

French

Question 20

Where did Washington’s forces experience a time of terrible suffering without major necessities during the winter of 1777/1778?

Answer 20

Didnt have food clothes

Question 21

Why was there very little fighting done during the winter?

Answer 21

Weather wouldnt allow it

Question 22

Who drilled the troops at Valley Forge?

Answer 22

Gw

Question 23

What was important about Friedrich von Steuben’s time at Valley Forge?

Answer 23

Drilled prussion born officers

Question 24

Who believed that the future of America had a great influence on the future of mankind?

Answer 24

Gw

Question 25

What did George Rogers Clark do after the Battle of Vincennes?

Answer 25

Helped strengthen americans

Question 26

What were privateers?

Answer 26

People who had provate ships

Question 27

What was Francis Marion’s nickname?

Answer 27

Swamp fox

Question 28

In what two ways did the Battle of Kings Mountain have an impact on the war?

Answer 28

He abounded their campain

Question 29

What is guerrilla warfare?

Answer 29

A war technican

Question 30

Where was General Washington leading his troops secretly to fight in the last major battle of the war?

Answer 30

Virgina

Question 31

Who were the 3 people sent from America to Paris to try and work out a treaty?

Answer 31

John adams john jay ben franklin

Question 32

What treaty stated that Great Britain would withdraw all of their troops from America?

Answer 32

Tready of paris

Question 33

What did Washington plan to do after the war?

Answer 33

Retire and become president

Question 34

Were other nations inspired by the result of the American Revolution?

Answer 34

South carolina

Question 35

What day was the Declaration of Independence approved?

Answer 35

July 4th, 1776