Chapter 6- Home Of The Brave

Question 1

What was the name of special documents that allowed British officials to search American ships and buildings looking for smuggled goods?

Answer 1

Writs of Assistance

Question 2

What part of English law did the colonists claim was violated by the Townsend Acts?

Answer 2

No taxation without representation

Question 3

On what date did the Boston massacre occur?

Answer 3

March 5, 1770

Question 4

What two Boston lawyers represented the British troops on trial

Answer 4

John Adams and Josiah Quincy

Question 5

Which British prime minister urged that the Townsend acts be repealed

Answer 5

Lord north

Question 6

All the taxes were repealed except what

Answer 6

The tax on tea

Question 7

At the suggestion of Samuel Adams, which group was formed in 1772 to inform the colonies and the world about the problems with England

Answer 7

The committee of corespondents

Question 8

What act allowed British troops to live in occupied buildings

Answer 8

Quartering Act

Question 9

What Bill closed the port of Boston

Answer 9

The Boston port bill

Question 10

What did the colonist call the Boston port bill and the quartering act

Answer 10

The intolerable acts

Question 11

Who warned the British that this is the day then there you wish to go to war with all of America

Answer 11

Edmund Burke

Question 12

The continental Congress recognized the authority of the king but not the authority of who

Answer 12

Parliament

Question 13

On March 28, 1775 Who said I know not what course others may take but as for me give me liberty or give me death

Answer 13

Patrick Henry

Question 14

Why did the colonists fight

Answer 14

The colonists fight because they were fighting for their religious freedom and political freedom

Question 15

What name was given to voluntary militia

Answer 15

Minutemen

Question 16

On the night of April 18, 1775 British troops were sent to arrest John Hancock and Samuel Adams who were located in what town

Answer 16

Lexington

Question 17

What 3 Men Road that night to warn the colonists

Answer 17

Paul revere William Dawes and Dr. Samuel Prescott

Question 18

The first shots of the war we’re fired on what day

Answer 18

April 19, 1775

Question 19

Where was the first shot fired

Answer 19

Lexington

Question 20

What famous Minuteman was a 21 -year-old black student studying for the ministry

Answer 20

Lemuel Haynes

Question 21

Who led the green mountain boys?

Answer 21

Ethan Allen

Question 22

What British fort was captured by Ethan Allen in the mountain boys

Answer 22

Fort Ticonderoga

Question 23

Who was elected president of the second Continental Congress

Answer 23

John Hancock

Question 24

What famous battle occurred on Breedshill

Answer 24

The battle of Bunker Hill

Question 25

What is the distinction of the Battle of Bunker Hill

Answer 25

It was the first major battle of the war of independence

Question 26

What document did congress send to the king in an attempt to avoid war

Answer 26

The olive branch petition

Question 27

What foreign soldiers did King George the third hire to fight the colonies?

Answer 27

The Hessians

Question 28

Who wrote commonsense

Answer 28

Thomas Paine

Question 29

On June 7 1776 who introduced the resolution that the colonists ought be free

Answer 29

Richard Henry Lee

Question 30

Who led the committee in charge with writing the declaration of independence

Answer 30

Thomas Jefferson

Question 31

On what date did the congress unanimously of the Declaration of Independence

Answer 31

July 4, 1776

Question 32

Where had Americans developed their love of liberty

Answer 32

From the English

Question 33

What Frenchman came to assist the patriots and became a valuable aid to General Washington

Answer 33

Marquis de Lafayette

Question 34

Who said I regret that I have but only one life to lose for my country

Answer 34

Nathan hale

Question 35

After crossing the Delaware river on Christmas night where did Washington attack hessian troops

Answer 35

Trenton

Question 36

While general Howe Marched up the Hudson Bay to Albany who marched south from Quebec

Answer 36

John Burgoyne

Question 37

Why is the battle of Saratoga important

Answer 37

It was the turning point

Question 38

After Philadelphia where did Washington camp in the winter of 1778

Answer 38

Valley Forge

Question 39

What battle took place on one of the hottest days of summer of 1778

Answer 39

Battle of Monmouth

Question 40

What lady became famous by Manning her husband canon

Answer 40

Molly pitcher

Question 41

What Jewish businessman helped obtain French loans for the patriots and gave out of his own pocket to help the war effort’s

Answer 41

Haym Solomon

Question 42

In the summer of 1778 who led Kentucky volunteers as they seized the British post at Kaskaskia and Cahokia in Illinois

Answer 42

George Rogers Clark

Question 43

What do we call private vessels commissioned by the Congress or state government’s

Answer 43

Privateers

Question 44

What was the John Paul Jones’s famous statement to the Serapis

Answer 44

I have not yet begun to fight

Question 45

Who was known as the Swampfox

Answer 45

Francis Marion

Question 46

Who was known as the fighting gamecock

Answer 46

Thomas Sumter

Question 47

What was the name of the famous Mohock chief and missionary who fought for the British in the war for independence

Answer 47

Joseph Brant

Question 48

Who was known as the fighting quaker

Answer 48

Nathaniel Greene

Question 49

What trader plotted to get west point to the British

Answer 49

Benedict Arnold

Question 50

Why is the battle of Yorktown important

Answer 50

It virtually guaranteed our independence

Question 51

In 1783 what treaty ended the war of England

Answer 51

The treaty of Paris