American History

Question 1

Yorktown

Answer 1

Last official battle of the Rev. Americans and the French surrounded the British

Question 2

Lexington and Concord

Answer 2

British go to Concord to destroy colonial munitions, meet Minutemen on their way in Lexington, 1st shot of war, munitions moved before British got to Concord

Question 3

Camden

Answer 3

Battle in South where Gates and men flee battle, DeKolb stays and fights, Gates removed from command

Question 4

Long Island (Brooklyn)

Answer 4

Washington badly defeated, supposed to surrender but snuck troops out during night saving army and Revolution

Question 5

Charles Town

Answer 5

British capture entire American Southern army, worst loss of war for Americans (British win)

Question 6

Brandywine

Answer 6

Washington’s attempt to regain Philadelphia (British win)

Question 7

Saratoga

Answer 7

Turning point of war-Burgoyne surrounded and surrenders (American win)

Question 8

Savannah

Answer 8

Beginning of British Southern strategy- capture most of Georgia as well as Savanah (British win)

Question 9

Cowpens

Answer 9

Battle in the South -Americans-led by Green, fight British in a traditional, formal battle and win (American win)

Question 10

Germantown

Answer 10

Another attempt by Washington to regain control of Philadelphia (British win)

Question 11

Treaty of Paris

Answer 11

Ended the American Revolution

Question 12

King George III

Answer 12

King of England during the American Revolution

Question 13

George Washington

Answer 13

General of the Continental Army

Question 14

Thomas Paine

Answer 14

Wrote Common Sense and the American Crisis, both in favor of Revolution

Question 15

John Locke

Answer 15

Philosopher who wrote about the idea of natural rights, on which Declaration of Independence was written

Question 16

General Gates

Answer 16

American General -hero at Saratoga, lost badly at Camden-after which he was removed from power (the one that fled the battle)

Question 17

General Cornwallis

Answer 17

British General who ultimately surrendered to Americans at Yorktown to end war

Question 18

Marquis de Lafayette

Answer 18

French aristocrat that came to aid American army at Valley Forge- bought uniforms and supplies fir his troops with his own money

Question 19

General Green

Answer 19

Second American to head Cont Army’s Southern branch. Was victorious over the British

Question 20

General Howe

Answer 20

British General who captured Philadelphia instead of meeting Burgoyne

Question 21

General Burgoyne

Answer 21

British General who brought troops south from Canada as part of the Northern strategy- surrendered at Saratoga-causing the Northern Strategy to fail

Question 22

Baron de Kalb

Answer 22

German who came to help train at Valley Forge. Died in battle at Camden after Gates and men left.

Question 23

Baron Von Steuben

Answer 23

Influential German who transformed Continental Army into well-trained, organized and disciplined fighting force at Valley Forge

Question 24

Patriot

Answer 24

A colonist who wanted independence from England-supported Revolution

Question 25

Loyalist

Answer 25

Colonist who remained loyal to England-did not support Revolution

Question 26

5 parts of Declaration of Independence

Answer 26

1 Introduction-When in the course of human events
2 Reason/Justification-natural rights
3What England did wrong
4 what the colonists tried to make it work and avoid war
5 The Declaration of Independence and signatures

Question 27

British Northern strategy

Worked?

Answer 27

To cut off New England from rest of colonies by splitting forces into 3 to meet in Albany, NY.
It was unsuccessful- met more resistance from countryside then they thought, none of the three parts made it to Albany

Question 28

Southern Strategy

Worked?

Answer 28

To get control of South first since it had more loyalists, and get slaves to escape to join British army. Then they would go north to conquer New England.
It failed because they once again met more opposition from colonists than they thought.

Question 29

John Paul Jones

Answer 29

Privateer

Question 30

Privateers

Answer 30

Interfered with British merchant and supply ships off the English coasts

Question 31

George Rogers Clark

Answer 31

Led a group of frontiersmen to capture British forts in the west, forcing British to spread out their forces

Question 32

Reasons we won

Answer 32

We had a cause/motivation
We had the support of population
We got help from France and Spain
We didn’t play by Britain’s rules of war

Question 33

Why was army at Valley Forge?

What was it like?

Answer 33

They were there to camp for the winter. Conditions were very bad, lacking supplies, food, clothing, cramped, cold housing, lots of disease.

Question 34

Bunker Hill

Answer 34

Americans lost and had to give up the hill, but British took heavy casualties (British win)