Chapter 6 Study Guide Flashcards
Was everyone in the Cherokee Nation pleased with the Transylvania Purchase?
No
Why was there very little fighting done during the winter?
Hard to keep warm hard to walk to and to cold so more sicknesses and illnesses
What is guerrilla warfare?
I war tacked where you fight a liitle bkt then yiu go hide amd then you get more of your troops to go behind them then shoot them and keep doing that untill yiu wim
Where was the American capital during the American Revolution?
Penncilvana
What did Washington plan to do after the war?
Retire at home but he went back
What was the name of the surprise attack on Christmas 1776 where Washington crossed the Delaware River?
Saratoga
What was Francis Marion’s nickname?
Swamp fox
Why did Cherokee woman Nancy Ward warn the Wataugans of an impending Cherokee attack?
To try to stop the war from blood shed
What were privateers
Privtely ownded war ships
What day was the Declaration of Independence approved?
1776
Who helped create the Transylvania Purchase with the Cherokee?
Geroge washtagtion
What treaty stated that Great Britain would withdraw all of their troops from America?
The treaty of Peirs 1776
What was another name for loyalists?
Tories
What were 3 advantages that the British had over the Colonists?
They had better guns more ammo , more cannons,more people
What was the biggest ally the Patriots had during the war?
The french
