Chapter 3

Question 1

Who was the primary author of the declaration of independence?

Answer 1

Thomas Jefferson

Question 2

What was the last major battle of the revolutionary war?

Answer 2

Battle of Yorktown

Question 3

Where (geographically) did the first part of the war take place?

Answer 3

the North

Question 4

What was the primary result of the Treaty of Paris?

Answer 4

England recognized the Independence of America

Question 5

Who was going to free enslaved African Americans who fought for them?

Answer 5

The British

Question 6

Loyalists

Answer 6

Colonists who sided with Britain during the war

Question 7

Mercenary

Answer 7

Foreign soldier who only fights for pay

Question 8

Siege

Answer 8

Army surrounding an enemy and waiting them out

Question 9

Patriots

Answer 9

Colonists who favored WAR with Britain

Question 10

Blockade

Answer 10

Shutting down a port or an entire coastline with a navy

Question 11

Ratified

Answer 11

Something that is approved and agreed upon

Question 12

Guerrilla

Answer 12

Warfare using hit and run tactics as well as trickery

Question 13

Preamble

Answer 13

An introduction

Question 14

Traitor

Answer 14

A person who betrays their country

Question 15

Allies

Answer 15

Nations that work together towards a common goals

Question 16

Thomas Paine

Answer 16

Colonists who wrote common sense

Question 17

Bernardo de Galvez

Answer 17

Patriot ally who attacked British posts in the Southeast

Question 18

Nathan Hale

Answer 18

Connecticut officer who was executed for spying

Question 19

Thomas Jefferson

Answer 19

Primary author of the Declaration of Independence

Question 20

John Paul Jones

Answer 20

Won an important naval victory against the British

Question 21

Baron von Steuben

Answer 21

Prussian who trained troops at Valley Forge

Question 22

Marquis de Lafayette

Answer 22

Young Frenchman who served the Continental Army

Question 23

Charles Cornwallis

Answer 23

British general who surrendered at Yorktown

Question 24

Francis Marion

Answer 24

Colonial military leader known as the “Swamp Fox”

Question 25

Trenton

Answer 25

sneak attack that netted 900 Hessians prisoners

Question 26

Bunker Hill

Answer 26

First major battle of the war

Question 27

Saratoga

Answer 27

turning point battle of the war and French ally with the americans

Question 28

North Sea

Answer 28

Key naval victory for the Americans

Question 29

Long Island

Answer 29

Battle in New York that saw heavy American casualties

Question 30

Fort Ticonderoga

Answer 30

Colonists win supply of cannons and gunpowder

Question 31

Valley forge

Answer 31

American Army’s bleakest and most trying hour

Question 32

Vincennes

Answer 32

Key battle in Ohio River valley

Question 33

Yorktown

Answer 33

Cornwallis surrenders at this battle and it ends the war

Question 34

Princeton

Answer 34

occurred in New Jersey in January

Question 35

Why did the British decide to fight the war in the south?

Answer 35

Fighting in the North was unexpectedly difficult, the south had many loyalists, slaves could be turned against the colonists with the promise of freedom

Question 36

What challenges did the colonial navy face at sea?

Answer 36

They had too few ships to fight large battles

Question 37

How was Trenton different than earlier battles for the Patriots?

Answer 37

The went on the offensive

Question 38

How did the 2nd Continental Congress decide to handle the British?

Answer 38

They would create the Continental Army to fight the British

Question 39

Where was the weapons storehouse located that Revere rode to warn that the British were coming?

Answer 39

Concord

Question 40

How did the patriots lose the war to the west?

Answer 40

They could not capture major British bases

Question 41

Why was the militia at Lexington told not to fire unless fired up on?

Answer 41

He wanted to defend against British attack and not start a war

Question 42

Why did Jefferson think that the colonists could break from Britain?

Answer 42

Great Britain did not protect the rights of the colonists

Question 43

Why did Washington want to win New Jersey so badly?

Answer 43

The one year contract that many of his soldiers were under was due to expire and he knew they would not want to reenlist in a losing army

Question 44

Why did African Americans sign up under the British army?

Answer 44

The British offered freedom to any slave that fought for them

Question 45

Who contributed most to the colonial war effort?

Answer 45

Soldiers

Question 46

Why did Spain become allies of the patriots?

Answer 46

Spain wished to regain Florida from Britain

Question 47

What formally announced the colonial break with Britain?

Answer 47

Declaration of Independence

Question 48

What questions did the declaration of independence raise about slavery?

Answer 48

Its message was not consistent with the message of slavery

Question 49

Which group felt that colonists should not be independent?

Answer 49

Loyalists

Question 50

Why was valley forge so difficult for the Continental Army?

Answer 50

The army lacked protection and supplies

Question 51

What trapped the British at Yorktown?

Answer 51

A fleet of French war ships

Question 52

Know the terms of the Treaty of Paris:

Answer 52

Florida was returned to Spain, Atlantic ocean formed an eastern border of the US, and British would recognize the US as an independent nation

Question 53

What are the three main ideas of the declaration of independence?

Answer 53

natural rights, British wrongs, and independence

Question 54

What mistake did Cornwallis make that led to his defeat at Yorktown?

Answer 54

He disregarded an order and returned to Yorktown Philadelphia