History Chapter 6

Question 1

second Continental congress

Answer 1

colonial government that assembled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, took control of the army at Boston, and asked the colonies for war supplies and troops

Question 2

Olive Branch Petition

Answer 2

petition for peace sent by the Second Continental Congress to King George III

Question 3

Patriots

Answer 3

individuals who favored fighting the British

Question 4

Bunker and Breeds Hill overlooked BLANK

Answer 4

Boston

Question 5

blockade

Answer 5

seal off to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving

Question 6

Hessian

Answer 6

German mercenary soldiers

Question 7

Loyalists

Answer 7

colonists who opposed fighting the British

Question 8

We pledge our BLANK, BLANK, and BLANK BLANK.

Answer 8

lives, fortunes, and sacred honor

Question 9

when was the Declaration of Independence signed?

Answer 9

July 4, 1776

Question 9

Declaration of Independence

Answer 9

declared that the 13 colonies were not part of Britain

Question 9

unalienable rights

Answer 9

life, liberty, pursuit of happiness

Question 9

who did General Washington in command of

Answer 9

continental army

Question 9

Washington and his men marched to BLANK and surprised the Hessians - Patriot victory

Answer 9

Trenton

Question 9

privateers

Answer 9

new American navy consisted of merchant’ ships that had been modified for fighting

Question 10

when did Cornwallis surrender

Answer 10

Oct. 19, 1781

Question 10

Ethan Allen

Answer 10

leader of Green Mountain Boys; Patriot

Question 10

Gage

Answer 10

Battle of Bunker Hill; British

Question 10

Henery Knox

Answer 10

captured cannons at Fort Ticonderoga; Patriot

Question 10

Howe

Answer 10

Battle of Bunker Hill; Assault on New York; British

Question 11

George Rogers Clark

Answer 11

captured two frontier outposts in Illinois and Indiana

Question 12

Thomas Paine

Answer 12

wrote Common Sense and The American Crisis

Question 13

Thomas Jefferson

Answer 13

wrote the vast majority of the Declaration of Independence

Question 14

Nathan Hale

Answer 14

school teacher who spied on Britain and was hung

Question 15

Howe’s mistake

Answer 15

supposed to move north up the Hudson River to Saratoga BUT he decided to spend the winter in Philadelphia

Question 16

St. Leger's mistake

Answer 16

supposed to go down the St. Lawrence River BUT his forces were stopped by American soldiers at Fort Stanwix, New York

Question 17

Burgoyne's mistake

Answer 17

supposed to lead a British army south from Canada to New York BUT he ran short of supplies and was later forced to surrender near Saratoga

Question 18

Baron von Steuben

Answer 18

arrived to provide military training for Patriot soldiers

Question 19

Benedict Arnold

Answer 19

traitor; led Patriots in capturing Fort Ticonderoga in New York

Question 20

Charles Cornwallis

Answer 20

surrendered to the Patriots; British General in the South

Question 21

Nathanael Greene

Answer 21

Patriot General in the south

Question 22

Major Ferguson

Answer 22

issued a decree to the frontiers men of the Carolina foot hills; British

Question 23

Marquis de Lafayette

Answer 23

French volunteer commander who was present at the Battle of Yorktown

Question 24

when was the Treaty of Paris signed

Answer 24

Sept. 3, 1783

Question 25

Battle of Lexington and Concord

Answer 25

1775; beginning of the War for Independence; British Gage; Patriot: Minutemen and Paul Revere

Question 26

Fort Ticonderoga

Answer 26

1775; Patriot victory; captured cannons later used to free Boston; British: Hessians; Patriots: Ethan Allen, Benedict Arnold

Question 27

Bunker Hill

Answer 27

1775; British victory; British had more casualties; British: Gage and Howe; Patriot: Prescott

Question 28

Trenton

Answer 28

1776: Patriot victory; made American morale higher; British: Hessians; Patriot: Washington

Question 29

Saratoga

Answer 29

1777; Patriot victory; major turning point in the war; British: John Burgoyne; Patriot: Washington

Question 30

Kings Mountain

Answer 30

1780; Patriot victory; over mountain men defeated British force; British: Ferguson; Patriot: over Mountain men

Question 31

Yorktown

Answer 31

1781; Patriot victory; surrender of British Army; British: Cornwallis; Patriot: Washington