Chapter 6 Study Guide

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Stronger military, greater weather, larger population

Question 2

What was another name for loyalists?

Answer 2

Tories

Question 3

What percentage of Colonists were loyalists?

Answer 3

20%

Question 4

What were Hessians?

Answer 4

Hired soldiers

Question 5

What was the main goal for Hessians?

Answer 5

To make money

Question 6

What was the biggest advantage that the Patriots had?

Answer 6

George Washington’s leader ship

Question 7

What was significant about the Battle of Fort Ticonderoga?

Answer 7

Surprise attack that allowed American to take much needed British cannons.

Question 8

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

Answer 8

South caroline

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Battle of Trenton

Question 10

Where was the American capital during the American Revolution?

Answer 10

Philadelphia

Question 11

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

Answer 11

France and Spain become allies of the colonies

Question 12

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

Answer 12

The Watauga settlement

Question 13

What was the purpose of the Watauga Petitions of 1772?

Answer 13

To create a 10 year lease on the land from Cherokee

Question 14

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

Answer 14

The first structured government

Question 15

Who helped create the Transylvania Purchase with the Cherokee?

Answer 15

Richard Henderson

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

The battle of the bluffs

Question 19

Who helped James Robertson create Fort Nashborough?

Answer 19

John danelson

Question 20

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

Answer 20

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

Vallyforge

Question 22

Why was there very little fighting done during the winter?

Answer 22

Weather conditions would allow it

Question 23

Who drilled the troops at Valley Forge?

Answer 23

Friedrich van Steuben

Question 24

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

Answer 24

Prussian. Credited with teaching the continental army the essentials of military drill and discipline.

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Marquis de Lafayette

Question 26

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

Answer 26

Helped strengthen the American position

Question 27

What were privateers?

Answer 27

Privately owned merchant war ships

Question 28

What was Francis Marion’s nickname?

Answer 28

Swamp fox

Question 29

In what two ways did the Battle of Kings Mountain have an impact on the war?

Answer 29

British abandon their Caroline campaign and bring new support or independence in the south

Question 30

What is guerrilla warfare?

Answer 30

Hit and run

Question 31

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

Answer 31

Battle of Yorktown

Question 32

Who were the 3 people sent from America to Paris to try and work out a treaty?

Answer 32

Ben Franklin
John Adams
John jay

Question 33

What treaty stated that Great Britain would withdraw all of their troops from America?

Answer 33

Treaty of Paris 1783

Question 34

What did Washington plan to do after the war?

Answer 34

To retire back to his home of mt. Vernon

Question 35

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

Answer 35

Yes

Question 36

What day was the Declaration of Independence approved?

Answer 36

July 4, 1776