History Quiz 6.1-6.5 Flashcards
Promised that, if King George would come to reasonable terms, the colonists would resume their previous loyalty to the Crown
Olive Branch Petition
enumerated specific injustices inflicted upon the colonies by Great Britain
Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking up Arms
declared that the American colonies were in rebellion and ordered the British military to suppress them
Proclamation of Rebellion
Prohibited all trade with the colonies
Prohibitory Act
German Soldiers from Hesse
Hessians
Published a pamphlet called Common Sense
Thomas Paine
Virginian Congressman who proposed the resolution for independence
Richard Henry Lee
Prepared the most important human statement of political principles in human history
Thomas Jefferson
Two English political Thinkers
John Locke
William Blackstone
Influential four-volume English legal history by William Blackstone
Commentaries on the Laws of England
What was another name for the Patriots
Whigs
What was another name for the Loyalists
Tories
Who were influential Frenchman
Marquis de Lafayette
Baron von Steuben
Baron de Kalb
What were a few patriot disadvantages
Lack of unity
Financial problems
Who was appointed superintendent of finance in 1781
Robert Morris
Who was the British General in 1776
Sir William Howe
Who was the spy that was hanged for the Patriots
Nathan Hale
Where did Washington surprise the Hessians
Trenton, NJ
Who was the British commander sent to Princeton
Charles Cornwallis
What was the Turning point of the War for Independence
Battle of Saratoga
What were two tough losses for the Patriots
Battle of Brandywine
Battle of Germantown
Where were the Patriots for the winter of 1777-1778
Valley Forge
Who replaced William Howe as commander in chief of the British
Sir Henry Clinton
Under the leadership of who did volunteers seize British posts at Kaskaskia and Cahokia
George Rogers Clark
What were private vessels commissioned by the Congress or the states
Privateers
Who were two of the best Naval heroes of the War for Independence
John Paul Jones
John Barry
What was the name of John Paul Jones’ ship
Bonhomme Richard
Whose nickname was “The Swamp Fox”
Francis Marion
Whose nickname was “Game Cock”
Thomas Sumter
Where did a patriot force stop a British invasion of North Carolina
Battle of Kings Mountain
Where was the War for Independence virtually won?
Battle of Yorktown
What ended the War for Independence
The Treaty of Paris
