Chapter 6 Vocab

Question 0

King George III

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King of Britain at the time.

Question 1

Olive Brach Petition

Answer 1

Peace petition sen to King George be the colonial delegates after the Battle at Lexington and Concord, declaring their loyalty to him and asking him to repeal the Intolerable Acts.

Question 2

Green Mountain Boys

Answer 2

Vermont colonial militia led by Ethan Allen, which made a surprise attack on Fort Ticonderoga, giving the Americans control of the key route to Canada.

Question 3

Continental Army

Answer 3

Army established by the Second Continental Congress to fight the British.

Question 4

George Washington

Answer 4

Commander in Virginia

Question 5

Patroit

Answer 5

Colonist who favored war against Britain.

Question 6

Loyalist

Answer 6

Colonist who remained loyal to Britain.

Question 7

General William Howe

Answer 7

British General

Question 8

Battle of Bunker Hill

Answer 8

In 1775, first major battle of the Revolution

Question 9

Blockade

Answer 9

The shutting of a port to keep people or supplies from moving in or out

Question 10

Mercenary

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Soldier who fight merely for pay, often for a foreign country

Question 11

Thomas Paine

Answer 11

Wrote COMMON SENSE

Question 12

Common Sense

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A 1776 essay written by Thomas Paine, that urged the colonies to declare independence

Question 13

Traitor

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Person who betrays his or her country

Question 14

Thomas Jefferson

Answer 14

Wrote the Declaration of Independence

Question 15

Declaration of Independence

Answer 15

A 1776 document stating that the 13 English colonies were a free and independent nation.

Question 16

Preamble

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Introduction to the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, or other official documents

Question 17

Natural Rights

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Rights that belong to all people from birth

Question 18

Battle of Long Island

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A 1776 battle in New York in which more than 1,400 Americans were killed, wounded, or captured.

Question 19

Battle of Trenton

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A 1776 battle in New Jersey which Washington’s troops captured a Hessian encampment in a surprise attack

Question 20

General Charles Cornwallis

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British General who set out to retake Trenton and to capture Washington

Question 21

Battle of Saratoga

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In 1777, the first major American victory in the Revolution, which ended the British threat to New England

Question 22

Ally

Answer 22

Work together to achieve a common goal

Question 23

Marquis de Lafayette

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French nobleman, who brought trained soldiers to help the Americans, fought at Brandywine

Question 24

Friedrich Von Steuben

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From Germany, came to to help Washington’s troops troop to March and drill

Question 25

Calvary

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Troops on horseback

Question 26

Valley Forge

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Pennsylvania site of Washington’s Continental Army encampment during the winter of 1777-1778

Question 27

Molly Pitcher

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Real name: Mary Ludwig Hays, she got the nickname for bringing the soldiers water. She took her husbands place in the Battle of Monmouth in 1778 after he got wounded.

Question 28

Captain John Paul Jones

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Captured the British Serapis

Question 29

Sir Henry Clinton

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New British commander in chiefly 1780

Question 30

Nathanael Greene

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One of the American generals is that helped turn the tide against the main British army.

Question 31

Daniel Morgan

Answer 31

One of the American generals is that helped turn the tide against the main British army.

Question 32

Battle of Cowpens

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A 1781 battle in South Carolina where American won an important victory over the British

Question 33

Guerrilla

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Hit-and-run, tactics

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Siege

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When an army surrounds and blockades an enemy position in attempt to capture it

Question 35

Benedict Arnold

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Early on an American hero in battle who turned traitor and joined the British army

Question 36

Battle of Yorktown

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A 1781 American victory in Virginia that forced the British to side for money

Question 37

Treaty of Paris

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Peace treaty between the US and Britain, ratified in 1783, that recognized the US as an independent nation

Question 38

Ratified

Answer 38

Approved