Chapter 6 Study Guide Flashcards
1)What day was the Declaration of Independence approved?
July 4, 1776
2)What were 3 advantages that the British had over the Colonists?
Stronger military, greater wealth,larger population
3)What was another name for loyalists?
Tories
4)What percentage of Colonists were loyalists?
20%
5)What were Hessians?
Were mercenaries (hired soldiers)
6)What was the main goal for Hessians?
Is to make money
7)What was the biggest advantage that the Patriots had?
George Washington’s leadership
8)What was significant about the Battle of Fort Ticonderoga?
Was a surprise attack in hat allowed the Americans to take much needed British cannons
9)By the end of the American Revolution, what was the only state to not have African Americans fighting?
South Catolina
10)What was the name of the surprise attack on Christmas 1776 where Washington crossed the Delaware River?
Battle of Trenton
11)Where was the American capital during the American Revolution?
Philadelphia
12)Why was the Battle of Saratoga the turning point of the American Revolution?
France and Spain become allies of the colonies
13)What significant thing did James Robertson establish in modern day East Tennessee?
Watauga Settlement
14)What was the purpose of the Watauga Petitions of 1772?
To create a 10year lease on the land from the Cherokee
15)What did the Watauga Petitions also help create west of the Appalachian Mountains?
The first structured government
16)Who helped create the Transylvania Purchase with the Cherokee?
Richard Henderson
17)Was everyone in the Cherokee Nation pleased with the Transylvania Purchase?
No
18)Why did Cherokee woman Nancy Ward warn the Wataugans of an impending Cherokee attack?
She wanted peace
19)What battle helped secure the Wataugan presence in the Cumberland River area?
The battle of the Bluffs
20)Who helped James Robertson create Fort Nashborough?
John Donelson
21)What was the biggest ally the Patriots had during the war?
French
22)Where did Washington’s forces experience a time of terrible suffering without major necessities during the winter of 1777/1778?
Winter at Valley Forge
23)Why was there very little fighting done during the winter?
Because the weather conditions wouldn’t allow it
24)Who drilled the troops at Valley Forge?
Friedrich Von Steuben
25)What was important about Friedrich von Steuben’s time at Valley Forge?
Teaching the Continental Army the essentials of military drill and discipline
