Ch6 - War for Independence

Question 0

Declaration of the causes and necessity of taking up arms

Answer 0

Detailed reasons for resisting British (July 6, 1775)

Question 1

Olive branch petition

Answer 1

Tried to make amends with George III (July 1775)

Question 2

Proclamation of rebellion

Answer 2

George III declaring colonies to be in rebellion (August 23, 1775)

Question 3

Prohibitory act

Answer 3

Removed all British protection from colonies and prohibited trade with them (December 1775)

Question 4

Richard Henry Lee

Answer 4

Presented resolution for independence to continental congress (June 7, 1776)

Question 5

John Locke

Answer 5

Promoted ideas of fundamental rights and that government derives authority from consent of governed

Question 6

William Blackstone

Answer 6

Wrote commentaries on laws of England, defined law of nature as the will of god

Question 7

Baron Von Steuben

Answer 7

Prussian who helped discipline American army

Question 8

Robert Morris

Answer 8

Obtained loan from France and helped raise revenue for American army

Question 9

Haym Solomon

Answer 9

Helped raise money for America, was captured as spy twice but escaped

Question 10

1777

Answer 10

Saratoga

Question 11

Saratoga

Answer 11

Turning point in American war for independence

Question 12

Winter of 1777-1778

Answer 12

British captured Philadelphia

Question 13

General Nicholas herkimer

Answer 13

German general who drove off British colonel st. Leger

Question 14

Battle of Oriskany

Answer 14

Herkimers battle

Question 15

Brandywine

Answer 15

Washingtons first attempt to keep British out of Philadelphia

Question 16

Germantown

Answer 16

Washingtons second attempt to keep British out of Philadelphia

Question 17

General sent to capture Washington

Answer 17

Cornwallis

Question 18

Sir Henry Clinton

Answer 18

Replaced howe as commander in chief of Brits forces (1778)

Question 19

Privateers

Answer 19

Private vessels commissioned by congress/state governments

Question 20

John Paul Jones

Answer 20

Scottish captain who attacked British warship the Serapis in the North Sea (1779)

Question 21

Battle of kings mountain

Answer 21

Frontier mountaineer patriots stopped British Invasion of North Carolina

Question 22

Admiral de Grasse

Answer 22

French admiral who blocked Chesapeake

Question 23

Count Rochambeau

Answer 23

Reinforced Washington’s troops for attack on Cornwallis

Question 24

Battle of Yorktown

Answer 24

Basically won American independence

Question 25

Treaty of Paris

Answer 25

Ended war

Question 26

1783

Answer 26

Treaty of Paris

Question 27

October 19, 1781

Answer 27

Cornwallis’ surrender at Yorktown

Question 28

Battle of Monmouth

Answer 28

American attempt to stop Brits from moving from Philadelphia to NY

Question 29

Molly Pitcher

Answer 29

Replaced heat stroked husband in battle of Monmouth

Question 30

Joseph Brant

Answer 30

Christian Indian who served as missionary among own people and British officer in revolutionary war

Question 31

George Rogers Clark

Answer 31

Seized British posts in Indiana and Illinois

Question 32

Nathanael Greene

Answer 32

Quaker general who replaced Gates, in charge of American defense of South

Question 33

Bonhomme Richard

Answer 33

John Paul Jones’ ship