Chapter 6

Question 0

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

Answer 0

Stronger military, greater wealth, larger population

Question 1

What day was the Declaration of Independence approved?

Answer 1

July 4, 1776

Question 2

What was another name for loyalists?

Answer 2

Tories

Question 3

Where was the strongest number of Loyalists in the colonies?

Answer 3

Carolinas and Georgia

Question 4

What colony group had the smallest number of loyalists?

Answer 4

New England

Question 5

What were Hessians?

Answer 5

Hired soldiers

Question 6

What was the main goal for Hessians?

Answer 6

To make money

Question 7

What was the biggest advantage that the Patriots had?

Answer 7

George Washington’s leadership

Question 8

What was Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley’s nickname?

Answer 8

Molly Pitcher

Question 9

What was Nathan Hale famous for doing?

Answer 9

Spying on British troops disguised a Dutch schoolteacher

Question 10

What was Nathan Hale’s famous quote?

Answer 10

I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country

Question 11

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

Answer 11

South Carolina

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Battle of Trenton

Question 13

Where was the American capital during the American Revolution?

Answer 13

Philadelphia

Question 14

What battle was the turning point of the war?

Answer 14

Battle of Saratoga

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Battle of the Bluffs

Question 16

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

Answer 16

The French

Question 17

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

Answer 17

Valley Forge

Question 18

Why was there very little fighting done during the winter?

Answer 18

Because weather conditions would not allow it

Question 19

Who drilled the troops at Valley Forge?

Answer 19

Friedrich Von Steuben

Question 20

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

Answer 20

Marquis de Lafayette

Question 21

What was the importance of the Battle of Vincennes?

Answer 21

It allowed the patriots to control the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers

Question 22

What were privateers?

Answer 22

Privately owned merchant war ships

Question 23

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

Answer 23

John Paul Jones

Question 24

Where was the Patriots’ worst defeat of the entire war?

Answer 24

Charles Town, SC

Question 25

What was Francis Marion’s nickname?

Answer 25

Swamp Fox

Question 26

What is guerrilla warfare?

Answer 26

A hit and run war technique

Question 27

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

Answer 27

Yorktown

Question 28

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

Answer 28

Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay

Question 29

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

Answer 29

Treaty of Paris 1783

Question 30

What did Washington plan to do after the war?

Answer 30

Planned to retire back to his home at Mount Veron

Question 31

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

Answer 31

Yes