Chapter 6 Study Guide

Question 1

1)What day was the Declaration of Independence approved?

Answer 1

July 4, 1776

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Stronger military, greater wealth,larger population

Question 3

3)What was another name for loyalists?

Answer 3

Tories

Question 4

4)What percentage of Colonists were loyalists?

Answer 4

20%

Question 5

5)What were Hessians?

Answer 5

Were mercenaries (hired soldiers)

Question 6

6)What was the main goal for Hessians?

Answer 6

Is to make money

Question 7

7)What was the biggest advantage that the Patriots had?

Answer 7

George Washington’s leadership

Question 8

8)What was significant about the Battle of Fort Ticonderoga?

Answer 8

Was a surprise attack in hat allowed the Americans to take much needed British cannons

Question 9

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

Answer 9

South Catolina

Question 10

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

11)Where was the American capital during the American Revolution?

Answer 11

Philadelphia

Question 12

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

Answer 12

France and Spain become allies of the colonies

Question 13

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

Answer 13

Watauga Settlement

Question 14

14)What was the purpose of the Watauga Petitions of 1772?

Answer 14

To create a 10year lease on the land from the Cherokee

Question 15

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

Answer 15

The first structured government

Question 16

16)Who helped create the Transylvania Purchase with the Cherokee?

Answer 16

Richard Henderson

Question 17

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

Answer 17

No

Question 18

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

Answer 18

She wanted peace

Question 19

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

Answer 19

The battle of the Bluffs

Question 20

20)Who helped James Robertson create Fort Nashborough?

Answer 20

John Donelson

Question 21

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

Answer 21

French

Question 22

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

Answer 22

Winter at Valley Forge

Question 23

23)Why was there very little fighting done during the winter?

Answer 23

Because the weather conditions wouldn’t allow it

Question 24

24)Who drilled the troops at Valley Forge?

Answer 24

Friedrich Von Steuben

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Teaching the Continental Army the essentials of military drill and discipline