Chapter 6

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Greater poplulation,more money,stronger military

Question 2

What was another name for loyalists?

Answer 2

Tories

Question 3

What percentage of Colonists were loyalists?

Answer 3

20%

Question 4

What were Hessians?

Answer 4

Paid military soldiers

Question 5

What was the main goal for Hessians?

Answer 5

To fight for money

Question 6

What was the biggest advantage that the Patriots had?

Answer 6

Washington’s leadership

Question 7

What was significant about the Battle of Fort Ticonderoga?

Answer 7

Colonists took British cannons

Question 8

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

Answer 8

South Carolina

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Battle of Trenton

Question 10

Where was the American capital during the American Revolution?

Answer 10

Philidelphia

Question 11

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

Answer 11

France and Spain were allies of the Colonists

Question 12

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

Answer 12

The Watauga Settlement

Question 13

What was the purpose of the Watauga Petitions of 1772?

Answer 13

Created the first government west of the Appalachin Mtns.

Question 14

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

Answer 14

Governments

Question 15

Who helped create the Transylvania Purchase with the Cherokee?

Answer 15

Richard Henderson

Question 16

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

Answer 16

No

Question 17

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

Answer 17

So a war would not break out

Question 18

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

Answer 18

Battle of the Bluffs

Question 19

Who helped James Robertson create Fort Nashborough?

Answer 19

John Donelson

Question 20

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

Answer 20

France

Question 21

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

Answer 21

Valley Forge

Question 22

Why was there very little fighting done during the winter?

Answer 22

Weather conditions would’t allow it

Question 23

Who drilled the troops at Valley Forge?

Answer 23

Fredrick Von Steuben

Question 24

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

Answer 24

He taught Washington’s troops military drill and discipline

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Marquis de Cafayette

Question 26

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

Answer 26

Helped strengten the American Army

Question 27

What were privateers?

Answer 27

Privately owned merchant warships

Question 28

What was Francis Marion’s nickname?

Answer 28

Swamp Fox

Question 29

What day was the Declaration of Independence approved?

Answer 29

July 4,1776