Chapter 6 Test Flashcards
The group of delegates that met in Pennsylvania. This group was the one that wrote the Olive Branch Petition
Second Continental Congress
The letter to the king that peacefully asked for their rights as Englishmen that wasn’t even read by the king
Olive Branch Petition
The army created by the Continental Congress with George Washington as the commander
Continental Army
The general that lead the Continental Army
George Washington
The leader of the “Green Mountain Boys” to capture the British outposts of Fort Ticonderoga
Ethan Allen
One of the forts that were necessary to the British’s plan to cut off New England from the rest of the colonies
Fort Ticonderoga
The other commander on the same mission as Ethan Allen and argued over who would be in command. They settled for sharing command and captured the fort without firing a shot
Benedict Arnold
Troops hired by Britain from mostly the German area
Mercenaries/Hessians
The man who led a team that hauled sixty tons of artillery from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston with sledges
Henry Knox
The colonists that stayed loyal to the king
Loyalists (Tories)
The colonists that rebelled and wanted a free country without the king controlling them
Patriots
The pamphlet that tried to convince the colonists to separate from Britain
Common Sense
The man that wrote Common Sense
Thomas Paine
The man that primarily wrote the declaration of independence
Thomas Jefferson
The declaration that told everyone that America was going to be free and separate from Britain
Declaration of Independence
The schoolmaster that was a spy for the Americans
Nathan Hale
The British commander that was fooled by George Washington’s fake campfires
Charles Cornwallis
The camp where the soldiers were hungry, cold, ill-clothed, and sick.
Valley Forge
The drillmaster that gave military training to the healthy men at Valley Forge
Baron von Steuben
The army quartermaster that tried to solve the supply problem but it hardly improved
Nathanael Greene
The man that organized a force to go into the Ohio Valley to drive Hamilton (a.k.a. Haid Buyer) out
George Rogers Clark
The outpost in Indiana that George Rogers Clark captured
Vincennes
Merchant vessels outfitted to fight
Privateers
The man that defeated the British ship Serapis
John Paul Jones
