Chapter 6 Flashcards
What day was the Declaration of Independence approved?
July 4 1776
What were 3 advantages that the British had over the Colonists?
Military, greater wealth, larger population
What was another name for loyalists?
Tories
What percentage of Colonists were loyalists?
20%
What were Hessians?
Payed merchants for a cause
What was the main goal for Hessians?
To earn money
What was the biggest advantage that the Patriots had?
They now the landscape
What was significant about the Battle of Fort Ticonderoga?
The patriots got more cannons and supplies
By the end of the American Revolution, what was the only state to not have African Americans fighting?
South Carolina
What was the name of the surprise attack on Christmas 1776 where Washington crossed the Delaware River?
Battle of Trenton
Where was the American capital during the American Revolution?
Pittsburgh
Why was the Battle of Saratoga the turning point of the American Revolution?
Because France joined us after that battle.
What significant thing did James Robertson establish in modern day East Tennessee?
The purchase of the Transylvania
What was the purpose of the Watauga Petitions of 1772?
It created a 10 year kind land lease on Cherokee land.
What did the Watauga Petitions also help create west of the Appalachian Mountains?
The first structured government
Who helped create the Transylvania Purchase with the Cherokee?
Richard Henderson
Was everyone in the Cherokee Nation pleased with the Transylvania Purchase?
No, the chorakee was not
Why did Cherokee woman Nancy Ward warn the Wataugans of an impending Cherokee attack?
To prevent war
What battle helped secure the Wataugan presence in the Cumberland River area?
Battle of the Bluffs
Who helped James Robertson create Fort Nashborough?
Wataugan
What was the biggest ally the Patriots had during the war?
France
Where did Washington’s forces experience a time of terrible suffering without major necessities during the winter
of 1777/1778?
Valley Forge
Why was there very little fighting done during the winter?
It was to cold and I just was not done.
Who drilled the troops at Valley Forge?
Friedrich Von Prusscon
What was important about Friedrich von Steuben’s time at Valley Forge.
He drilled them and taught them new ways to fight
Who believed that the future of America had a great influence on the future of mankind?
Marquis
What did George Rogers Clark do after the Battle of Vincennes?
He helped strengthen the American position in the west.
What were privateers?
Privately owned merchant war ships
What was Francis Marion’s nickname?
Swamp fox
In what two ways did the Battle of Kings Mountain have an impact on the war?
British focused on the south. Cornwallis leads his troops towards Virginia.
What is guerrilla warfare?
Where a underwhelming group attacks for a little then another groups does the same somewhere else.
Where was General Washington leading his troops secretly to fight in the last major battle of the war?
Yorktown
Who were the 3 people sent from America to Paris to try and work out a treaty?
Franklin, John Adams, John Jay
What treaty stated that Great Britain would withdraw all of their troops from America?
The treaty of Paris 1783
What did Washington plan to do after the war?
Retire and settle at his house near, what is now, D.C
Were other nations inspired by the result of the American Revolution?
Yes
