Chapter 6 Test (Stump) Flashcards
1) What 50-page pamphlet encouraged Patriots to push for independence?
2) who wrote it?
1) common sense
2) Thomas Paine
1) What Virginian first called the continental congress for a resolution to declare independence from England?
2) what is a resolution?
1) Richard Henry
2) formal statement or opinion
1) What other 33-year old Virginian was given the task of composing the declaration?
2) who else was on the committee to write and edit the declaration?
1) Thomas Jefferson
2) Benjamin Franklin and John Adams
Briefly describe the 3 different parts of the Declaration of Independence
Natural rights- Natural born rights
List of Grievances- Formal complaints about the king
Dissolving the Bonds- relationship dissolve
1) On what day, month, and year did the final draft of the Declaration of Independence get passed?
2) What day was is actually signed?
1) July 4, 1776
2) August 2
What is the most famous and recited quote from the Declaration of Independence that still inspires the Americans?
“All men are created equally”
1) One June 1776, where did the British invade to crush the rebellion?
2) how many troops did British general Howe have?
3) how many did general Washington have?
1) Staten Island, New York
2) 34,000
3) 20,000
1) what Connecticut colonial volunteer was executed for “spying?”
2) was did he say before being executed?
1) Nathan Hale
2) “I regret that I have only one life to loose for my country.”`
1) what battle was a surprise attack that Washington launched in Christmas night (1776) to win his first victory?
2) what were most of the enemies that he defeated?
1) Battle of Trenton
2) Hessian mercenaries from Germany
At what battle did the Americans win a complete victory that turned out to be the “turning point” of the war in October 1777?
The Battle of Saratoga
After this battle, the European country made an alliance to support the American colonists?
France/ the French
Where did Washington troops spend the 1777-1778 winter after surrendering Philadelphia?
Valley Forge
1) what did the British promise Colombian slaves who joined the British army?
2) what was general Washington’s concern about this?
1) freedom
2) it was against his policy to let them join but he had to
What state was the first to abolish slavery officially in 1780?
Pennsylvania
What is the difference between an “enlisted” person versus a “civilian?”
Enlisted- signed up for duty
Civilian- non-military
1) who did the Native American tent to side with during war?
2) why is this ironic?
1) the British
2) because they fought against each other in the French and Indiana war
What Virginian frontier captured Ft. Vincennes from the British in modern-day Indiana?
George Ranger Clark
Other the France, what other European country financially supported the American colonists in the last couple year of the war?
Spain
1) what American navy privateer captured British ships off the coast of England?
2) what is a privateer
1) John Paul Jons
2) private captain
1) What area of the colonies did the British decide to attack in December 1778?
2) why there?
3) what British general was now in command
1) the south
2) loyalist were there
3) Charles Cornwallis
1) What are fighters who work in small bands to make hit-and-run attacks?
2)Who was the “Swamp Fox?”
1) guerrilla
2) Francis Marion
1) What infamous traitor surrendered the fort of West Point to the British in September of 1780?
2)What is a traitor?
1) Benedict Arnold
2) someone who betrays his or her own country by joining the opting side
What American victory turned out to be the final major battle of the war?
2) Why didGeneral Cornwallis eventually surrender?
1) siege or Yorktown
2) surrounded by land and sea and had no other choice
What lands did the colonies gain as a result of winning the war?
Canada on the North
The Mississippi River on the west
Florida on the south
