Quiz 11, Capter 6, pp. 94-98

Question 1

known as the “Swamp Fox”

Answer 1

Francis Marion

Question 2

called the “Fighting Game Cock”

Answer 2

General Thomas Sumter

Question 3

known as the “Fighting Quaker”

Answer 3

General Nathanael Greene

Question 4

said “I have not yet begun to fight”

Answer 4

John Paul Jones

Question 5

sold secrets to the British and tried to betray West Point

Answer 5

Benedict Arnold

Question 6

At what final battle was American independence virtually won?

Answer 6

Battle of Yorktown

Question 7

What legal document, signed by the British king, recognized the 13 former colonies as “free, sovereign, and independent States”?

Answer 7

Treaty of Paris

Question 8

Name the patriot who led military attacks on the frontier, capturing Kaskaskia and Cahokia, two British posts.

Answer 8

George Rogers Clark

Question 9

What was the name for the private vessels commissioned by Congress?

Answer 9

privateers

Question 10

At what battle did frontiersmen stop an invasion of North Carolina and gain new morale for the patriot cause?

Answer 10

Battle of King’s Mountain