Chapter 8

Question 1

Mercenary

Answer 1

I’ll professional soldier who serves enough for an army for pay, the Americans called all the European mercenaries Hessians

Question 2

Hessian

Answer 2

A European mercenary

Question 3

Indictment

Answer 3

A formal written accusation charging someone with a crime

Question 4

Dictatorship

Answer 4

A form of government characterized by the absolute state power in unlimited authority of the ruler

Question 5

Neutral

Answer 5

A nation or person not taking sides in a war

Question 6

Civilian

Answer 6

Citizen not in military service

Question 7

Traitor

Answer 7

One who betrays the country by aiding an enemy

Question 8

Confiscate

Answer 8

To seize private property for public use, often as a penalty

Question 9

Envoy

Answer 9

A messenger or agent sent by a government on official business

Question 10

Rabble

Answer 10

A mass of disorderly and crude common people

Question 11

Arsenal

Answer 11

A place for making a storing weapons and ammunition

Question 12

Isolationist

Answer 12

Concerning the believe that a country should take a little or no part in foreign affairs especially through alliances or wars

Question 13

Blockade

Answer 13

The isolation of a place by hostile ships or troops

Question 14

Privateer

Answer 14

A private vessel temporarily Authorized to capture or plunder enemy ships in war time

Question 15

Graft

Answer 15

Taking advantage of one’s official position to gain money or property by illegal means

Question 16

What was the main cause of the American revolution?

Answer 16

Colonists were not given the rights of Englishmen

Question 17

After blank and blank the colonists laid siege to blank

Answer 17

Lexington and concord Boston

Question 18

What was the first major battle of the revolution? (Deadliest)

Answer 18

Battle of bunker hill.

Question 19

Who said don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes. Why did he say it.

Answer 19

Col william Prescott, because the troops were young and didn’t have good aim.

Question 20

How many casualties did the British have at the battle of bunker hill?

Answer 20

1,100

Question 21

What were the results of the battle of bunker hill?

Answer 21

1,) British evacuate Boston
2.) 2nd Continental congress (13 colonies) meet in Philadelphia
- served as our 1st government
-John Hancock is the president
Created an army (Continental army)
Chose George Washington over John Hancock as commander of army.

Question 22

Why did they choose George Washington over John Hancock as commander of the Continental army

Answer 22

Military experience in the French and Indian war

Needed support of Virginia

Question 23

Olive branch petition, and results

Answer 23

The Continental Congress called for a return to the former harmony between generations Britain and the colonies. Peace

Results were
King George declared the colonists traitors
Prohibitory act was passed. Great Britain ended all trade with colonies and set up a blockade

Question 24

Why do the Americans invade cananda?

Answer 24

Americans hope the French would join them against the British as the fourteenth colony. They didn’t join the Americans

Question 25

Who wrote the book common sense?

Answer 25

Thomas Paine

Question 26

What did the book common sense say?

Answer 26

A list of reasons why the Americans should declare independance from the British.

It proposed a radical idea, known as the American experiment, that said that the common people could rule themselves. No need for a king

Question 27

What did Richard Henry lee do?

Answer 27

Proposed a something to declare our independance before the Continental Congress.

Question 28

Who were the five men chosen to draft the declaration of independance

Answer 28

1. John Adams
2. Benjamin Franklin
3. Robert Livingston
4. Roger Sherman
5. Thomas Jefferson - author

Question 29

When was the declaration of independance accepted?

Answer 29

July 4 1776

Question 30

What were the three major basic ideas expressed in the declaration of independance

Answer 30

1. lol men are created equal
2. All men have three god given rights that must be protected
   A. Life
   B. Liberty
   C. Persuit of happiness
3. Government is there to serve the will of the people