Chapter 6

Question 1

What day was the Declaration of Independence approved?

Answer 1

.July 4,1776

Question 2

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

Answer 2

.stronger military, more money, ????

Question 3

What was another name for loyalists?

Answer 3

Tories

Question 4

What percentage of Colonists were loyalists?

Answer 4

20%

Question 5

What were Hessians?

Answer 5

Mercenaries (hired soldiers)

Question 6

What was the main goal for Hessians?

Answer 6

Make money

Question 7

What was the biggest advantage that the Patriots had?

Answer 7

George Washingtons leadership

Question 8

What was significant about the Battle of Fort Ticonderoga?

Answer 8

.?

Question 9

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

Answer 9

South Carolina

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Battle of Trenton

Question 11

Where was the American capital during the American Revolution?

Answer 11

Philadelphia

Question 12

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

Answer 12

France and Spain became allies of the colonies

Question 13

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

Answer 13

Homes

Question 14

What was the purpose of the Watauga Petitions of 1772?

Answer 14

To create a 10 year lease on the land from the Cherokee

Question 15

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

Answer 15

First structured government

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

She wanted peace

Question 18

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

Answer 18

Battle of bluffs

Question 19

Who helped James Robertson create Fort Nashborough?

Answer 19

John Doneldson

Question 20

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

Answer 20

The French

Question 21

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

Answer 21

Winter at valley forge

Question 22

Who drilled the troops at Valley Forge?

Answer 22

Friedrich von Steuben

Question 23

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

Answer 23

Persian born officer

Question 24

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

Answer 24

Marquis de Lafayette

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Help strengthen the American re

Question 26

What were privateers?

Answer 26

Private owners merchants war 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

Bringing new support and the British abandon their Carolina

Question 29

What is guerrilla warfare?

Answer 29

A hit and run war techniques

Question 30

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

Answer 30

York town

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 1783

Question 33

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

Answer 33

Yes