Chapter 6 Study Guide

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Stronger Military
Greater Wealth
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

Mercenaries from Germany

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

Fought on home ground “Home Feild Advantage”

Question 7

What was significant about the Battle of Fort Ticonderoga?

Answer 7

Was a suprise attack that allowed the Americans 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 Carolina

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

Philidelphia

Question 11

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

Answer 11

After the Battle of Saratoga France and Spain became allies

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

Created the first structured government west of the Appalachain Mountain

Question 14

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

Answer 14

The Transylvania Purchase in Sycamore Shoals

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

Because she dont there to be conflict between the two tribes

Question 18

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

Answer 18

The Battle of Bluffs

Question 19

Who helped James Robertson create Fort Nashborough?

Answer 19

John Donelson

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

Valley Forge

Question 22

Why was there very little fighting done during the winter?

Answer 22

Because weapons didnt function correctly during the winter

Question 23

Who drilled the troops at Valley Forge?

Answer 23

Friedrick Von Stueben

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

Answer 25

He drilled the troops

Question 26

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

Answer 26

Stregthen Americas position in the west

Question 27

What were privateers?

Answer 27

Privatley owned merchant war ships

Question 28

What was Francis Marion’s nickname?

Answer 28

The Swamp Fox

Question 29

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

Answer 29

Abandon the Carolina campaign

New support of idependence in the south

Question 30

What is guerrilla warfare?

Answer 30

Hit and run tactic

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

Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
John Jay

Question 33

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

Answer 33

The Treaty of Paris 1783

Question 34

What did Washington plan to do after the war?

Answer 34

To retire and return back home

Question 35

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

Answer 35

Many other nations

Question 36

What day was the Declaration of Independence approved?

Answer 36

July 4, 1776