Chapter 6: War for Independence

Question 0

Two men who drafted Declaration

Answer 0

Jefferson & Dickinson

Question 1

Olive branch petition

Answer 1

Asks for amends to be made

Question 2

Proclamation of Rebellion

Answer 2

Opened and avowed rebellion

Question 3

Prohibitory Act

Answer 3

Removed British protection from colonies

Question 4

Paine

Answer 4

Wrote common sense

Question 5

How did common sense encourage colonists to support independence?

Answer 5

Some Americans favored separation from Britain

Question 6

Jefferson

Answer 6

Led committee which prepared Declaration of Independence

Question 7

July 4th 1776

Answer 7

Declaration if Independence signed

Question 8

Blackstone

Answer 8

Wrote commentaries on Laws of England

Question 9

Patriot advancements

Answer 9

Knew land, experienced fighters, British problems & foreign aid

Question 10

Patriot disadvantages

Answer 10

Lack of unity, finical problems, & difficult maintaining army

Question 11

Two american victories that boosted patriot morale

Answer 11

Princeton & Trenton

Question 12

British officers that isolated New England from rest of colonies

Answer 12

Burgoyne, St. Leger, & Howe

Question 13

Gates

Answer 13

Patriot general who led his troops to victory at Saratoga

Question 14

How was Battle of Saratoga a turning pint in Americas War for Independence?

Answer 14

Finished British chances if isolating New England from rest of colonies

Question 15

Where did Washington & his troops spend winter if 1777?

Answer 15

Valley Forge

Question 16

Two naval heroes of America’s War for Independence

Answer 16

Jones & Barry

Question 17

Marion

Answer 17

“Swamp fox”

Question 18

Sumter

Answer 18

“Fighting game cock”

Question 19

Battle of kings mountain

Answer 19

Battle that stopped British Invasion of North Carolina

Question 20

Cornwallis

Answer 20

British commander of Yorktown

Question 21

Battle of Yorktown

Answer 21

Victory that meant triumph for patriot cause

Question 22

Treaty of Paris

Answer 22

Treaty that recognized 13 colonies as “free, sovereign, & independent states”

Question 23

Where was the declaration signed?

Answer 23

Independence Hall, Penn.