Part 4

Question 0

Overall American commander who accepted the British surrender at Saratoga .
Took credit for victory, but Benedict Arnold had more to do with victory

Answer 0

Horatio Gates

Question 1

Oct 17, 1777
British Gen “gentleman Johnny” Burgoyne planned to end war by separating NE from the rest of the colonies
Turning point in war

Answer 1

Saratoga

Question 2

Feb 6, 1778 alliance between France and America
Provisions
Both nations agreed to cont war until America won its freedom
Both agreed to terms with England
France provided supplies for America

Answer 2

Franco-American alliance

Question 3

Official diplomat and ambassador of 13 colonies

Best at securing aid from various friendly nations during revolutionary war

Answer 3

Benjamin Franklin

Question 4

American gen who obtained command of fort at West Point and then planned to surrender it to the British
Traitor

Answer 4

Benedict Arnold

Question 5

Soldier from Virginia
Highest ranking American military officer on the northwestern frontier during American revolution
Leader of Kentucky militia
Captures of Kaskaskia and Vincennes
Have as conqueror of old northwest bc British ceded the entire northwest territory

Answer 5

George Rogers Clark

Question 6

The swamp fox
Father if guerrilla warfare practice of hit and run tactics
United States Army rangers- credited for creating

Answer 6

Francis Marion

Question 7

British general who surrendered in the battle of Yorktown

Answer 7

Charles Cornwallis

Question 8

Ended war in NA BRITIAN RECOGNIZED AMERICAN independence
America recd land east of Mississippi north from Florida to Great Lakes
No persecution of loyalist
Confiscated Tory property be restored to their owners
No laws to prevent British collection of private debt

Answer 8

Treaty of Paris 1783

Question 9

Of Maryland genius who was a self taught mathematician astronomer printer and one of the designers of Washington, D.C.

Answer 9

Benjamin Banneker

Question 10

Write letter to George Washington “remember the ladies”urging him to be more generous to the ladies and not put such unlimited power into the hands of their husbands
Wife of John Adams
Mother of john Quincy Adams

Answer 10

Abigail Adams

Question 11

Former slave from Boston

Most important poet of revolutionary generation

Answer 11

Phyllis Wheatley

Question 12

1786 Daniel shay - veteran of revolution - led 100’s of impoverished farmers to a military protest. Many loosing farms due to mortgage for foreclosures

Answer 12

Shay’s rebellion

Question 13

Adopted in 1777
Agreement between 13 founding states that established the United States of America as a confederation of sovereign states
Served as first constitution 
Drafted by continental congress 
Didn't win state approval for 4 yrs

Answer 13

Articles of Confederation

Question 14

The biggest problem of the articles

Answer 14

Western land claims

Question 15

Acreage of the Old Northwest should be sold area
North of the Ohio river
East of Mississippi River
Proceeds from land sales shudder help pay national debt
Area surveyed before sold
Divide land into townships 3 miles sq
16th sec sold to benefit public school

Answer 15

Land ordinance of 1785

Question 16

Determined how new states would be determined in the Old Northwest
Ultimately extended to other frontiers
Most enduring, significant contribution to the Article

Answer 16

Northwest ordinance of 1787

Question 17

Quorum of 55 delegates from 12 states

Met in Philadelphia May 25, 1587

Answer 17

Constitutional convention