Chapter 6 Section 1

Question 1

Congress sent King George III what petition

Answer 1

The Olive Branch petition

Question 2

Who wrote the Olive Branch petition

Answer 2

John Dickinson

Question 3

Congress declared what to the king

Answer 3

Their loyalty

Question 4

Congresses asked the king what

Answer 4

To repeal the Intolerable Acts

Question 5

Ethan Allen, The green mountain boys, a band of Vermonters, and Benedict Arnold took what fort

Answer 5

Fort Ticonderoga

Question 6

What time does section 1 take place

Answer 6

1775-1783

Question 7

They took what from the British

Answer 7

Cannons and gunpowder

Question 8

The Second Continental Congress met where

Answer 8

Philadelphia

Question 9

What route did they take form the British

Answer 9

A key route to Canada

Question 10

The Second Continental Congress established what

Answer 10

The Continental Army

Question 11

The King was angry what did he do

Answer 11

Sent more troops to the colonies

Question 12

Who were the Patriots

Answer 12

Colonists who wanted war with Britain

Question 13

Many patriots owned what

Answer 13

Rifles

Question 14

Who was the Patriot’s commander

Answer 14

George Washington

Question 15

Patriots were determined to what

Answer 15

Defend their homes and property at all costs

Question 16

The Patriots were

Answer 16

Poorly organized and untrained

Question 17

The Patriots had

Answer 17

Few cannons, little gun powder, no navy

Question 18

Few colonists were

Answer 18

Willing to enlist for long terms

Question 19

The British were

Answer 19

Highly trained and experienced

Question 20

The British had

Answer 20

The best Navy in the world

Question 21

Loyalists were

Answer 21

Colonists who remained loyal to British

Question 22

The British were

Answer 22

Far from home

Question 23

The British supply line stretched from

Answer 23

Britain to North America (3,000 miles)

Question 24

British were attacked by

Answer 24

Colonists in the country side

Question 25

British troops controlled what

Answer 25

Boston with colonial militia surrounding the city

Question 26

Across the river from Boston

Answer 26

Minutemen fired on British ships from Bunker Hill

Question 27

British troops drew near to

Answer 27

Attack the colonists

Question 28

How many times did the colonists turn back British attacks

Answer 28

Twice

Question 29

The British took what but suffered what

Answer 29

They took bunker hill but suffered heavy losses

Question 30

The battle of bunker hill showed

Answer 30

Americans could fight bravely and that the British would not be defeated easily

Question 31

When Washington reached Boston he found

Answer 31

16,000 American troops waiting

Question 32

Washington began to what with his army

Answer 32

Train

Question 33

The blank that the Green Mountain boys captured arrived

Answer 33

Cannons

Question 34

Washington placed the cannons where

Answer 34

Dorchester Heights, over looking the British ships in the harbor

Question 35

British General Howe spotted the cannons and left where

Answer 35

Boston for Canada