Chapter 6 Test (Stump)

Question 1

1) What 50-page pamphlet encouraged Patriots to push for independence?
2) who wrote it?

Answer 1

1) common sense
2) Thomas Paine

Question 2

1) What Virginian first called the continental congress for a resolution to declare independence from England?
2) what is a resolution?

Answer 2

1) Richard Henry
2) formal statement or opinion

Question 3

1) What other 33-year old Virginian was given the task of composing the declaration?
2) who else was on the committee to write and edit the declaration?

Answer 3

1) Thomas Jefferson
2) Benjamin Franklin and John Adams

Question 4

Briefly describe the 3 different parts of the Declaration of Independence

Answer 4

Natural rights- Natural born rights
List of Grievances- Formal complaints about the king
Dissolving the Bonds- relationship dissolve

Question 5

1) On what day, month, and year did the final draft of the Declaration of Independence get passed?
2) What day was is actually signed?

Answer 5

1) July 4, 1776
2) August 2

Question 6

What is the most famous and recited quote from the Declaration of Independence that still inspires the Americans?

Answer 6

“All men are created equally”

Question 7

1) One June 1776, where did the British invade to crush the rebellion?
2) how many troops did British general Howe have?
3) how many did general Washington have?

Answer 7

1) Staten Island, New York
2) 34,000
3) 20,000

Question 8

1) what Connecticut colonial volunteer was executed for “spying?”
2) was did he say before being executed?

Answer 8

1) Nathan Hale
2) “I regret that I have only one life to loose for my country.”`

Question 9

1) what battle was a surprise attack that Washington launched in Christmas night (1776) to win his first victory?
2) what were most of the enemies that he defeated?

Answer 9

1) Battle of Trenton
2) Hessian mercenaries from Germany

Question 10

At what battle did the Americans win a complete victory that turned out to be the “turning point” of the war in October 1777?

Answer 10

The Battle of Saratoga

Question 11

After this battle, the European country made an alliance to support the American colonists?

Answer 11

France/ the French

Question 12

Where did Washington troops spend the 1777-1778 winter after surrendering Philadelphia?

Answer 12

Valley Forge

Question 13

1) what did the British promise Colombian slaves who joined the British army?
2) what was general Washington’s concern about this?

Answer 13

1) freedom
2) it was against his policy to let them join but he had to

Question 14

What state was the first to abolish slavery officially in 1780?

Answer 14

Pennsylvania

Question 15

What is the difference between an “enlisted” person versus a “civilian?”

Answer 15

Enlisted- signed up for duty
Civilian- non-military

Question 16

1) who did the Native American tent to side with during war?
2) why is this ironic?

Answer 16

1) the British
2) because they fought against each other in the French and Indiana war

Question 17

What Virginian frontier captured Ft. Vincennes from the British in modern-day Indiana?

Answer 17

George Ranger Clark

Question 18

Other the France, what other European country financially supported the American colonists in the last couple year of the war?

Answer 18

Spain

Question 19

1) what American navy privateer captured British ships off the coast of England?
2) what is a privateer

Answer 19

1) John Paul Jons
2) private captain

Question 20

1) What area of the colonies did the British decide to attack in December 1778?
2) why there?
3) what British general was now in command

Answer 20

1) the south
2) loyalist were there
3) Charles Cornwallis

Question 21

1) What are fighters who work in small bands to make hit-and-run attacks?
2)Who was the “Swamp Fox?”

Answer 21

1) guerrilla
2) Francis Marion

Question 22

1) What infamous traitor surrendered the fort of West Point to the British in September of 1780?
2)What is a traitor?

Answer 22

1) Benedict Arnold
2) someone who betrays his or her own country by joining the opting side

Question 23

What American victory turned out to be the final major battle of the war?
2) Why didGeneral Cornwallis eventually surrender?

Answer 23

1) siege or Yorktown
2) surrounded by land and sea and had no other choice

Question 24

What lands did the colonies gain as a result of winning the war?

Answer 24

Canada on the North
The Mississippi River on the west
Florida on the south

Question 25

Name three lasting impacts of the Revolution in America and around the world.

Answer 25

1) government that works for thr nation, new nation
2) continue to gain rights equally
3) inspire independence around the world