Chapter Test

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Blockade

Question 2

a soldier who fights for pay, often for a foreign country

Answer 2

Mercenary

Question 3

a person who betrays his or her country

Answer 3

Traitor

Question 4

an introduction to a declaration, constitution, or other official document

Answer 4

Preamble

Question 5

rights that belong to all people from birth

Answer 5

Natural Rights

Question 6

rights that cannot be taken away by the government

Answer 6

Unalienable Rights

Question 7

“These United States are and of right out to be free and independent states”

Answer 7

Richard Henry Lee

Question 8

lawyer who helped work on the Declaration of Independence

Answer 8

John Adams

Question 9

inventor and journalist who helped work on the Declaration of Independence

Answer 9

Ben Franklin

Question 10

tobacco planter who worked on the Declaration of Independence

Answer 10

Thomas Jefferson

Question 11

wealthy landowner who helped work on the Declaration of Independence

Answer 11

Robert Livingston

Question 12

shoe maker who helped work on the Declaration of Independence

Answer 12

Roger Sherman

Question 13

1st signer of the Declaration of Independence

Answer 13

John Hancock

Question 14

“I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country”

Answer 14

Nathan Hale

Question 15

where Washington created a surprise attack on the Hessians

Answer 15

Trenton

Question 16

turning point in the Revolutionary War

Answer 16

Saratoga

Question 17

troops on horseback

Answer 17

Cavalry

Question 18

a fighter who uses hit and run attacks

Answer 18

Guerilla

Question 19

to surround and blockade any enemy town or position with troops to force it to surrender

Answer 19

Siege

Question 20

to approve

Answer 20

Ratify

Question 21

led the Americans in Vincennes

Answer 21

George Rogers Clark

Question 22

commanded the “Bonhomme Richard” and was nicknamed “The Father of the American Navy”

Answer 22

John Paul Jones

Question 23

independently owned merchant ships that became war ships and were then equipped with weapons

Answer 23

Privateers

Question 24

British general who surrendered at the Battle of Yorktown

Answer 24

Cornwallis

Question 25

replaced General Gates as commander of the military in the south

Answer 25

Nathanael Greene

Question 26

led the Guerilla Warfare and was nicknamed “Swamp Fox”

Answer 26

Francis Marion

Question 27

Patriots defeat the Loyalists

Answer 27

Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge

Question 28

led the French troops at Newport, Rhode Island

Answer 28

General Jean Baptiste de Rochambeau

Question 29

where Washington bid farewell to his troops on Wall Street

Answer 29

Fraunces Tavern

Question 30

a 1763 agreement between Britain and France

Answer 30

Treaty of Paris

Question 31

wrote “Common Sense” and “The Crisis”

Answer 31

Thomas Paine

Question 32

creates 3 prong attack strategy; takes Albany

Answer 32

General Burgoyne

Question 33

long cold severe winter When Washington and his men were watching the British at Philadelphia

Answer 33

Valley Forge

Question 34

trained the American solders in how to use the bayonet

Answer 34

Von Steuben

Question 35

helped Americans build forts

Answer 35

Pulaski and Kosciusko

Question 36

sent by the French to help train the American troops

Answer 36

Lafayette

Question 37

Battle of Lexington

Answer 37

British

Question 38

Battle of Concord

Answer 38

Americans

Question 39

Battle of Quebec

Answer 39

British

Question 40

Battle of Saratoga

Answer 40

Americans

Question 41

Battle of Moore’s Creek

Answer 41

Americans

Question 42

Battle of Philadelphia

Answer 42

British

Question 43

Battle of Trenton

Answer 43

Americans

Question 44

Battle of Yorktown

Answer 44

Americans

Question 45

Battle of Long Island

Answer 45

British