Chapter 6

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Stronger military, greater wealth, and larger poulation

Question 2

What was another name for loyalists?

Answer 2

Tories

Question 3

What percentage of Colonists were loyalists?

Answer 3

About 20%

Question 4

What were Hessians?

Answer 4

Hired soldires

Question 5

What was the Hessians main goal?

Answer 5

To make money

Question 6

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

Answer 6

South Carolina

Question 7

What was significant about the Battle of Fort Ticonderoga?

Answer 7

It was a suprise attack

Question 8

What was the biggest advantage that the Patriots had?

Answer 8

George Washinton’s leadership

Question 9

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

Answer 9

The battle of Saratoga

Question 10

What significant thing did James Robertson establish in modern day East Tennessee?

Answer 10

The Wataga Settlement

Question 11

Why was the Battle of Saratoga the turning point of the American Revolution?

Answer 11

Because after it France and Spain become allies for the colonies

Question 12

Where was the American capital during the American Revolution?

Answer 12

Philedelphia

Question 13

What did the Watauga Petitions also help create west of the Appalachian Mountains?

Answer 13

The first structered goverment

Question 14

Who helped create the Transylvania Purchase with the Cherokee?

Answer 14

Richard Hinderson

Question 15

Was everyone in the Cherokee Nation pleased with the Transylvania Purchase?

Answer 15

No

Question 16

Why did Cherokee woman Nancy Ward warn the Wataugans of an impending Cherokee attack?

Answer 16

Because she wanted peace

Question 17

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

Answer 17

The battle of the Buffs

Question 18

Who helped James Robertson create Fort Nashborough?

Answer 18

John Donelson

Question 19

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

Answer 19

The French

Question 20

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

Answer 20

Valley Forge

Question 21

Why was there very little fighting done during the winter?

Answer 21

Because the weather conditions didnt allow it

Question 22

Who drilled the troops at Valley Forge?

Answer 22

Fredinch Von Stuben

Question 23

What was important about Friedrich von Steuben’s time at Valley Forge?

Answer 23

He drilled and disiplened the American military

Question 24

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

Answer 24

Marquis De Lafeytee

Question 25

What did George Rogers Clark do after the Battle of Vincennes?

Answer 25

Helped strengthen the American Position

Question 26

What were privateers?

Answer 26

Privatley owned merchant ships

Question 27

What was Francis Marion’s nickname?

Answer 27

Swamp Fox

Question 28

In what two ways did the Battle of Kings Mountain have an impact on the war?

Answer 28

It brought new independence in the south and they abandon south corolina

Question 29

What is guerrilla warfare?

Answer 29

A flight and fight war tenquie

Question 30

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

Answer 30

Virgina

Question 31

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

Answer 31

Ben Franklin John Adams John Jay

Question 32

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

Answer 32

The Treaty Of Paris 1738

Question 33

What did Washington plan to do after the war?

Answer 33

Retire and go to his home in Mount Vernon

Question 34

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

Answer 34

Yes, many other nataions

Question 35

What day was the Decleration of Independence approved?

Answer 35

July 4th, 1776