chapter 6 terms

Question 1

1. British general who was defeated at Saratoga

Answer 1

john Burgoyne

Question 2

2. Naval officer who won against the British in the North Sea

Answer 2

john Paul Jones

Question 3

3. Englishman who wrote Common Sense

Answer 3

Thomas Paine

Question 4

4. Patriot general who fought Loyalists and Indians in the West

Answer 4

George Roger Clark

Question 5

5. British general in the South who surrendered at Yorktown

Answer 5

Charles corn Wallis

Question 6

6. French volunteer commander who was present at the Battle of Yorktown

Answer 6

marquis de Lafayette

Question 7

7. Patriot general in the South

Answer 7

Nathaniel greene

Question 8

8. Primary writer of the Declaration of Independence

Answer 8

Thomas jefferson

Question 9

9. Leader of the Green Mountain Boys who captured Fort Ticonderoga.

Answer 9

Ethan Allen

Question 10

10. American who helped in the Battle of Ticonderoga; became a traitor to the United States

Answer 10

Benedict Arnold

Question 11

11. Which document demonstrated that the colonies wanted to restore a peaceful relationship with Britain before a war developed?

Answer 11

olive Branch Petition

Question 12

12. The Second Continental Congress named _____ the Continental Army’s commander

Answer 12

George washinton

Question 13

13. The New York fort whose capture provided artillery for the Continental Army was Fort _____.

Answer 13

Ticonderoga

Question 14

14. Washington crossed the Delaware River to attack the Hessians at _____.

Answer 14

trenton

Question 15

15. The Patriot victory at the Battle of _____ convinced the French to officially recognize America’s independence and enter the war against Britain.

Answer 15

Saratoga

Question 16

16. The War for Independence officially ended with the signing of the _______________.

Answer 16

treaty of paris

Question 17

17. _____________________helped train and discipline the Continental Army at Valley Forge

Answer 17

baron bon Steuben

Question 18

18 French ships, led by__________________, helped trap Cornwallis at Yorktown.

Answer 18

admiral de grasse

Question 19

19. The _______________________________assembled in Philadelphia in May 1775.

Answer 19

continental Congress

Question 20

20. The Congress took control of the colonial troops in Boston and called them the_____________.

Answer 20

continental army

Question 21

21. Colonists who favored fighting the British were called _______________.

Answer 21

Patriots

Question 22

22. Keeping ships from entering or leaving ports is called a ___________________.

Answer 22

blockade

Question 23

23 German mercenaries called ______________were hired by the British to fight in America.

Answer 23

hessians

Question 24

24 Colonists who opposed fighting the British were called __________________.

Answer 24

loyalists

Question 25

25. The person who was captured and hanged by the British for spying was_________.

Answer 25

Nathan Hale

Question 26

26. Washington and his army spent the winter of 1777–78 at ________.

Answer 26

valley forge

Question 27

27 Cornwallis built a fort at_____________________, which became the site of the last major battle of the war.

Answer 27

yorktown

Question 28

The date that the Declaration of Independence was approved by the Second Continental Congress was

Answer 28

July 4th 1776

Question 29

What did the British do to persuade slaves to fight for Britain?

Answer 29

they offered possible freedom

Question 30

30. What did Thomas Paine build a case for in Common Sense?

Answer 30

it was common sense to fight for our freedom

Question 31

31. What were two hardships Washington’s army faced during their winter at Valley Forge?

Answer 31

bad disease and horses starving

Question 32

33. How did the War for Independence change some people’s view on the institution of slavery?

Answer 32

to be consistent with equality