Chapter 6

Question 1

What day was the Declaration of Independence approved?

Answer 1

July 4, 1776

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Stronger Military, Greater Wealth, Larger Population

Question 3

What was another name for loyalists?

Answer 3

Tories

Question 4

What percentage of Colonists were loyalists?

Answer 4

About 20%

Question 5

What were Hessians?

Answer 5

Mercenaries (Hired Soldiers)

Question 6

What was the main goal for Hessians?

Answer 6

To Make Money

Question 7

What was the biggest advantage that the Patriots had?

Answer 7

Gee Dubs Was The General

Question 8

What was significant about the Battle of Fort Ticonderoga?

Answer 8

It allowed the patriots to steal much needed cannons from the British.

Question 9

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

Answer 9

South Carolina

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Battle of Trenton

Question 11

Where was the American capital during the American Revolution?

Answer 11

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Question 12

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

Answer 12

It put France and Spain on the Colonial side.

Question 13

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

Answer 13

Watauga Settlement

Question 14

What was the purpose of the Watauga Petitions of 1772?

Answer 14

It created a 10 year lease of the area from the Cherokee.

Question 15

Who helped create the Transylvania Purchase with the Cherokee?

Answer 15

Richard Henderson

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Nope

Question 17

Why did Cherokee woman Nancy Ward warn the Wataugans of an impending Cherokee attack?

Answer 17

To help create peace.

Question 18

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

Answer 18

The Battle of The Bluffs

Question 19

Who helped James Robertson create Fort Nashborough?

Answer 19

John Donelson

Question 20

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

Answer 20

The French

Question 21

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

Answer 21

Valley Forge

Question 22

Why was there very little fighting done during the winter?

Answer 22

Weather wouldn’t allow it

Question 23

Who drilled the troops at Valley Forge?

Answer 23

Fredrick Von Steuben

Question 24

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

Answer 24

He taught the essentials of war.

Question 25

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

Answer 25

The Marquis de Layfeyette

Question 26

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

Answer 26

He helped strengthen US forces in the west.

Question 27

What were privateers?

Answer 27

Private War Ships

Question 28

What was Francis Marion’s nickname?

Answer 28

The Swamp Fox

Question 29

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

Answer 29

It caused British to abandon the south and brought independence there.

Question 30

What is guerrilla warfare?

Answer 30

A hit and run technique.

Question 31

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

Answer 31

Yorktown

Question 32

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

Answer 32

Ben Franklin,John Adams,and John Jay

Question 33

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

Answer 33

Treaty of 1783

Question 34

What did Washington plan to do after the war?

Answer 34

Retire to his home, Mt. Vernon

Question 35

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

Answer 35

France and Haiti