Chapter 8

Question 1

an official statement

Answer 1

declaration

Question 2

A sudden and complete change in government

Answer 2

revolution

Question 3

Freedom to govern on their own

Answer 3

independence

Question 4

taking neither side

Answer 4

neutral

Question 5

a symbol of peace

Answer 5

olive branch

Question 6

believers in peaceful settlements or differences

Answer 6

pacifists

Question 7

soldiers that made up the first continental army

Answer 7

continentals

Question 8

an agreement between countries

Answer 8

treaty

Question 9

One of the fiercest battles of the war. Colonists drove the British back twice.

Answer 9

Battle at Bunker Hill

Question 10

An argument between the British and the Americans that ended the Revolutionary War.

Answer 10

Treaty of Paris

Question 11

American victory in the Revolutionary War that led France to help the Patriots.

Answer 11

Battle of Saratoga

Question 12

The winter that almost destroyed the Continental Army by cold, hunger, and sickness.

Answer 12

Winter at Valley Forge

Question 13

The battle that proved the Patriots had won the war.

Answer 13

Battle of Yorktown

Question 14

Writer of the Declaration of Independence

Answer 14

Thomas Jefferson

Question 15

Polish officer who came to America to fight with the Continental Army.

Answer 15

Casimir Pulaski

Question 16

The person chosen to lead the Continental Army.

Answer 16

George Washington

Question 17

German soldier who helped train the Continental soldiers at Valley Forge

Answer 17

Friedrich von Steuben

Question 18

A traitor of the Continental Army. He set fire to supplies in Virginia in January 1781.

Answer 18

Benedict Arnold

Question 19

With Commander Jean Rochambeau, he closed in on the British in Virginia.

Answer 19

George Washington

Question 20

British general that fought for days before giving up, even though King George wanted them to keep fighting.

Answer 20

General Cornwallis

Question 21

General that accepted the British surrender

Answer 21

General Lincoln

Question 22

The British band played “The World Turned Upside Down” during what ceremony?

Answer 22

The British surrender ceremony