Chapter 6

Question 1

How long was the treaty of Paris signed after the surrender of Yorktown?

Answer 1

Two years

Question 2

What was the big issue behind the war for independence?

Answer 2

They wanted to self govern

Question 3

Who provided the news from British threats of Liberty?

Answer 3

The committee of corespondents

Question 4

What sparked the intolerable acts?

Answer 4

The Boston tea party

Question 5

Why did the colonist loose the battle of bunker hill?

Answer 5

They ran out of ammo

Question 6

What advocated the independence from the British?

Answer 6

Common sence

Question 7

Why did George Washington defend New York?

Answer 7

Because giving up a city without a fight would damage support for the war

Question 8

Why was princton an important war for Washington?

Answer 8

It raised low moral

Question 9

Why was the seri toga campaign a important victory for the patriots?

Answer 9

Because it brought France into the war

Question 10

What was benidicts act of treason?

Answer 10

He agreed to hand over the fort

Question 11

What was Francis Marion (swamp fox) launching?

Answer 11

GurillA rates

Question 12

What was the major accomplishment of the first contenetal congress?

Answer 12

They asserted the right of the colonies to self govern

Question 13

What is another name for loyalist?

Answer 13

Tories

Question 14

What term refers to citizen soldiers such as minute men?

Answer 14

Militia

Question 15

who was the american negotiator for the treaty of paris and a member of the comittee that drafted the declaration of independence?

Answer 15

john adams

Question 16

where were the first engagements for the war for independence?

Answer 16

lexington and concord

Question 17

who was the american leader that was vital in winning the battles of saratoga and cowpens?

Answer 17

daniel morgan

Question 18

who was the french aristocat who helped to corner the brittish in york town?

Answer 18

marquis de lafeyette

Question 19

of the different provisions of the quebect act which provisions upeset the colonist the most?

Answer 19

they didnt want to change the official religion to roman catholicism

Question 20

what are the two reasons they made george washington a good selection as commander and chief?

Answer 20

he would help link the patriots cause in new england to the rest of the country, and he was a local hero and was calm under fire.

Question 21

American negotiator of the treaty of paris and member of the committee that drafted the decleration of independence

Answer 21

John Adams

Question 22

brittish general who surrendered his army near seratoga

Answer 22

John burgoine

Question 23

brittish general who surrendered his army near York town

Answer 23

Charles cornwallis

Question 24

brittish general whos army occupied boston and attacked concord

Answer 24

tomas gage

Question 25

an early American success that supplied artillery for the forces around boston

Answer 25

fort Ticonderoga

Question 26

Virginian patriot whose speeches support the war

Answer 26

Patrick henry

Question 27

british general who took new York and Philadelphia bt missed his main objective

Answer 27

William howe

Question 28

primary author of the declaration of independence

Answer 28

Thomas Jefferson

Question 29

Englishman who wrote common sense to arouse support for independence

Answer 29

Thomas paine

Question 30

a costly victory outside boston

Answer 30

bunker hill

Question 31

commander of the green mountain boys who captured fort ticonderoga

Answer 31

ethan allen

Question 32

commander in chief of the continental army

Answer 32

George washington

Question 33

a successful winter raid that lifted the morale of the young contintal army

Answer 33

Trenton

Question 34

an unsuccessful attempt to stop the brittish from taking philedelphia

Answer 34

battle of brandywine

Question 35

American ordnance chief who surprised the british by transporting heavy artillery to boston

Answer 35

henry knox

Question 36

overrated American commander who won at Saratoga but lost at camden

Answer 36

horatio gates

Question 37

the capture of a british army which encouraged france to join the war

Answer 37

Saratoga campagn

Question 38

the continental armys winter headquarters during the dark winter

Answer 38

valley forge

Question 39

a draw that proved the new professionalism of the continental army

Answer 39

battle of monmouth

Question 40

American leader who was vital in winning the battles of Saratoga and cowpens

Answer 40

Daniel morgan

Question 41

german drillmaster for the continental army

Answer 41

barron von stuben

Question 42

American leader in the northwest who captured vincennes

Answer 42

George rogers clark

Question 43

recourceful American commander in the south known as the fighting quaker who kept the pressure on the brittish

Answer 43

nethaniel green

Question 44

French aristocrat who helped to corner the british at yorktown

Answer 44

marquis de lafiette

Question 45

action taken by patriots in 1773 when british ships refuse to take their tea back to england

Answer 45

boston tea party

Question 46

treaty that brought the war for independence to an end

Answer 46

treaty of paris

Question 47

act that made roman Catholicism the official religion of Quebec

Answer 47

qubec act

Question 48

colonial militiamen ready to fight in a moments notice

Answer 48

minute men

Question 49

a series of acts such as closing the port of boston desighned to punish and subjugate the troublesome colony

Answer 49

converse acts

Question 50

document stating that the colonist must be self governing in nearly every aspect and have the right to raise militians to defend themselves

Answer 50

decleration of American rights

Question 51

another term for loyalist

Answer 51

tories

Question 52

alerted colonies of british threats to liberty to other areas of the colony

Answer 52

committee of corospondence

Question 53

act that granted east india trading company a monopoly on the shipment and sale of English tea to america

Answer 53

tea act of 1773

Question 54

a large group of scot irish living in the back country of south central harrisberg

Answer 54

Paxton boys

Question 55

made a famous ride through the countryside of massechusettes to alert of the inpending british attack

Answer 55

paul revere

Question 56

a group of rebels who opposed british rule and held rallies to protest the stamp act

Answer 56

sons of liberty

Question 57

fifty delegates gathered and adopted a formal statement of protest, they asserted the right of the colonies to self govern

Answer 57

first continental congress

Question 58

german mercenaries

Answer 58

hessians

Question 59

phaphlets that advocated independence from british

Answer 59

common sense

Question 60

minor victory for the American troops but good moral booster for them

Answer 60

prinction

Question 61

professional full time soldiers who made the military their career

Answer 61

regulars

Question 62

violent group of protestors against Britain who dominated the north Carolina back country

Answer 62

regulators

Question 63

pro british colonist

Answer 63

loyalist

Question 64

document pledging loyalty to the king and requested his intervention in curbing parliamnets abusive exervise of power

Answer 64

olive branch petition

Question 65

battle on a rolling meadow in which the british suffered casualties and the American suffered only 70

Answer 65

battle of cowpens

Question 66

little crossroads in north carolina

Answer 66

guiltforce courthouse

Question 67

cornwalis and his forces and greene strived to reach to dan river and cut off the other from their supply basses

Answer 67

race of the dan

Question 68

battle in which major partrick ferguson and 80% of his forve were destroyed

Answer 68

battle of kings mountain

Question 69

thecene of british "humiliating defeat"

Answer 69

yourktown

Question 70

delegates gathered in Philadelphia to assembly the mantle of government and appointed George Washington commander and chief of the continental army

Answer 70

second continental congress

Question 71

series of acts intended to punish the colonist and force them into submission also known as the coercive acts

Answer 71

intolerable acts

Question 72

citizen soildiers

Answer 72

melicia

Question 73

local citizens boarded a british ship removed its crew and burned the ship

Answer 73

gasbee incident

Question 74

trading post that fell on the Wabash river in what is bow indiana

Answer 74

vincennes

Question 75

area where gates and Cornwallis stumbled upon each other in south Carolina

Answer 75

camdens

Question 76

colonist loyal to america

Answer 76

patriots

Question 77

the capture of an important American city by the british following the savannah

Answer 77

siege of charleston

Question 78

after being defeated on land and sea the british troops lay down their arms and surendered

Answer 78

surrender of yorktown