Chapter 7

Question 1

Battle of Princeton

Answer 1

Launched a surprise attack and patriots won

Question 2

Abigail Adams

Answer 2

Encouraged John Adams to fight for freedom

Question 3

Minutemen

Answer 3

American colonial militia members who were supposed to be ready to fight at a minutes notice

Question 4

Mercenaries

Answer 4

Hired foreign soldiers

Question 5

John Paul Jones

Answer 5

Most successful American captain leader of patriots navy

Question 6

Loyalists

Answer 6

Colonists who sided with Britain in the American revolution

Question 7

Francis Marion

Answer 7

Known as swamp fox and known for hit and run attack

Question 8

George Washington

Answer 8

Lead the continental army

Question 9

Major things that happened in the first contential Congress

Answer 9

They supported the boycott and assembled a list of 10 resolutions and warned about fighting but didn’t actually fight

Question 10

What major decisions were made at the second congress

Answer 10

They decided to create a continental army and choose George Washington to command it and they tried one last time to keep peace and also signed the olive branch peteition

Question 11

Which battle of the revolutionary war was a major turning point

Answer 11

Battle of saratoga

Question 12

In which battle did Washington cross the Delaware river

Answer 12

Battle of Trenton

Question 13

Who was the military leader in the west for the patriots

Answer 13

George Rodger Clark

Question 14

Who became a traitor to the patriots

Answer 14

Benedict Arnold

Question 15

What kind of fighting did the patriots use in the south

Answer 15

Gurilla fighting

Question 16

What groups of people had their right excluded form the Declaration of Independence

Answer 16

Women and slaves