Chapter 6-Independece For The Colonies

Question 0

Olive Branch Petition

Answer 0

Conveyed a desire for peace.

Question 1

Second Continental Congress

Answer 1

Was a convention of delegates from the 13 colonies.

Question 2

Continental Army

Answer 2

Led by George Washington.

Question 3

Benedt Arnold and Ethan Allen( leader of the Green Mountain Boys )

Answer 3

Led separate campaigns to capture the forts.

Question 4

Benedict Arnold

Answer 4

He was a United States general and traitor in the American Revolution.

Question 5

Fort Ticonderoga

Answer 5

A pitched battle in which American revolutionary troops captured it.

Question 6

William Howe

Answer 6

Led the British attack at Bunker Hill.

Question 7

Mercenaries

Answer 7

Hired German soldiers (Hessians)

Question 8

Loyalists

Answer 8

We’re colonists who favored Britain’s cause.

Question 9

Common Sense

Answer 9

One of the most influential political tracts in history built case for separation from Britain.

Question 10

Thomas Paine

Answer 10

He wrote Common Sense.

Question 11

Thomas Jefferson

Answer 11

Wrote the Deceleration of Independence.

Question 12

Declaration of Independence

Answer 12

Forced Americans not already committed to the cause to declare themselves either Patriots or Loyalists.