Chapter 6

Question 1

What francis marions nickname

Answer 1

Father gurrilla

Question 2

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

Answer 2

They abandoned the carolina campaine

Question 3

What is guerrilla warfare?

Answer 3

Hit and run technique

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Yorktown

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Ben franklin,john adams,john jay

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Treaty of paris 1783

Question 7

What did Washington plan to do after the war?

Answer 7

Retire

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Yes

Question 9

What was the purpose of the Watauga Petitions of 1772?

Answer 9

Lease on the land

Question 10

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

Answer 10

The first well struckured goverment

Question 11

Who helped create the Transylvania Purchase with the Cherokee?

Answer 11

Sycamore shores

Question 12

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

Answer 12

No

Question 13

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

Answer 13

She wanted peace

Question 14

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

Answer 14

Battle of the bluffs

Question 15

Who helped James Robertson create Fort Nashborough?

Answer 15

John donelson

Question 16

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

Answer 16

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

Winter of vally forge

Question 18

Why was there very little fighting done during the winter?

Answer 18

Conditions would’nt allow it

Question 19

Who drilled the troops at Valley Forge?

Answer 19

Von stuben

Question 20

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

Answer 20

He trained them drills and fighting techneques

Question 21

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

Answer 21

The maraws

Question 22

What day was the Declaration of Independence approved?

Answer 22

July 4, 1776

Question 23

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

Answer 23

More people,better supplies,more skilled

Question 24

What was another name for loyalists?

Answer 24

Tories

Question 25

What percentage of Colonists were loyalists?

Answer 25

20%

Question 26

What were Hessians?

Answer 26

Mercenary

Question 27

What was the main goal for Hessians?

Answer 27

Get paided for fighting in wars

Question 28

What was the biggest advantage that the Patriots had?

Answer 28

They could fight in winter

Question 29

What was significant about the Battle of Fort Ticonderoga?

Answer 29

It gave them the supplies they needed

Question 30

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

Answer 30

South carolina

Question 31

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

Answer 31

Battle of trenton

Question 32

Where was the American capital during the American Revolution?

Answer 32

Phelidelphia

Question 33

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

Answer 33

French and spain became allies

Question 34

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

Answer 34

Wataga settlement

Question 35

Privately owned war ships

Answer 35

What were privateers