Chapter 6

Question 0

What were 3 advantages that the British had over the Colonists?

Answer 0

Stronger military, greater wealth, and larger population

Question 1

What day was the Declaration of Independence approved?

Answer 1

July 4th 1776

Question 2

What was another name for loyalists?

Answer 2

Colonists who were still loyal to Great Britain (Tories)

Question 3

What percentage of Colonists were loyalists?

Answer 3

20%

Question 4

Where was the strongest number of Loyalists in the colonies?

Answer 4

Carolinas and Georgia

Question 5

What colony group had the smallest number of loyalists?

Answer 5

New England

Question 6

What were Hessians?

Answer 6

Mercenaries (hired soldiers)

Question 7

What was the main goal for Hessians?

Answer 7

To make money

Question 8

What was the biggest advantage that the Patriots had?

Answer 8

George Washington’s leadership

Question 9

What was Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley’s nickname?

Answer 9

Molly Pitcher

Question 10

What was Nathan Hale famous for doing?

Answer 10

He spied on the British disguised as a Dutch schoolteacher

Question 11

What was Nathan Hale’s famous quote?

Answer 11

“I only regret that I have only one life to lose for my country.”

Question 12

By the end of the American Revolution, what was the only state to not have African Americans fighting?

Answer 12

South Carolina

Question 13

What was the name of the surprise attack on Christmas 1776 where Washington crossed the Delaware River?

Answer 13

Battle of Trenton

Question 14

Where was the American capital during the American Revolution?

Answer 14

Philadelphia

Question 15

What battle was the turning point of the war?

Answer 15

Battle of Saratoga

Question 16

What battle helped secure the Wataugan presence in the Cumberland River area?

Answer 16

Battle of the Bluffs

Question 17

What was the biggest ally the Patriots had during the war?

Answer 17

The French

Question 18

Where did Washington’s forces experience a time of terrible suffering without major necessities during the winter of 1777/1778?

Answer 18

Valley Forge

Question 19

Why was there very little fighting done during the winter?

Answer 19

Weather conditions wouldn’t allow it

Question 20

Who drilled the troops at Valley Forge?

Answer 20

Friedrich Von Steuben

Question 21

Who believed that the future of America had a great influence on the future of mankind?

Answer 21

The Marquis de Lafayette

Question 22

What was the importance of the Battle of Vincennes?

Answer 22

It allowed the Patriots to control the Mississippi and Ohio rivers

Question 23

What were privateers?

Answer 23

Privately owned merchant war ships

Question 24

Who said, “I have not yet begun to fight”?

Answer 24

John Paul Jones

Question 25

Where was the Patriots worst defeat of the entire war?

Answer 25

Charles Town, SC

Question 26

What was Francis Marion’s nickname?

Answer 26

Swamp Fox

Question 27

What is guerrilla warfare?

Answer 27

A hit and run war technique

Question 28

Where was General Washington leading his troops secretly to fight in the last major battle of the war?

Answer 28

Yorktown

Question 29

Who were the 3 people sent from America to Paris to try and work out a treaty?

Answer 29

Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay

Question 30

What treaty stated that Great Britain would withdraw all of their troops from America?

Answer 30

The Treaty of Paris 1783

Question 31

What did Washington plan to do after the war?

Answer 31

To retire back to his home at Mount Vernon

Question 32

Were other nations inspired by the result of the American Revolution?

Answer 32

Yes