REV WAR TEST SQUILT DIESEL

Question 1

Philadelphia

Answer 1

British VicRoy, win by forfeit; The British were expected so the Patriots left and took anything valuable from the city

Question 2

Valley Forge

Answer 2

Patriot VicRoy, Washington led his men (including Marquis de Lafayette) to Valley forge, the battle that gave the Patriots spirit and unity, British attacked their camp and the Patriots defeated the British

Question 3

Bunker Hill

Answer 3

British VicRoy, some colonel said “Don’t shoot until you see the whites of their eyes.”, Then the Americans got beat

Question 4

Yorktown

Answer 4

Patriot VicRoy, British General Lord Cornwallis surrenders 8,000 men

Question 5

Hudson River

Answer 5

Patriot VicRoy, Loyalists lost land and wanted it back so they attacked; Clinton’s troops beat them so pats win!

Question 6

Charlotte

Answer 6

Colonists VicRoy, Cornwallace said “The whole city is a d@%#ed hornets nest”

Question 7

Dorchester Heights

Answer 7

Patriot VicRoy, The British kept poking fun at us and dropping bombs, then we cooked them.

Question 8

Saratoga

Answer 8

Patriot VicRoy; John Burgoyne and his men came and fought us, we secured the bag (got our independence) in this battle

Question 9

Trenton

Answer 9

Patriot VicRoy, GW went and attacked the British on Christmas Day

Question 10

New York

Answer 10

Pats VicRoy, GW went to NY and kicked some British behind, they left NY

Question 11

Declaration of Independence

Answer 11

A document approved by the Continental Congress that makes the separation of the colonies from Great Britain Official

Question 12

Olive Branch Petition

Answer 12

A document that prevents formal war between the colonies and Britain from being declared

Question 13

Treaty of Paris (1783)

Answer 13

Ended American Rev and made U.S. OFFICIALLY INDEPENDENT

Question 14

Strengths of the British

Answer 14

Trained military,

Question 15

Hessians

Answer 15

Mercenaries in Prussia who fought for the British

Question 16

Lord Dunmore’s Proclamation

Answer 16

It says “If you are a slave, fight for us (the British) and we will give you freedom”

Question 17

Strengths of the Patriots

Answer 17

Morale, terrain

Question 18

Common Sense

Answer 18

Book was written by Thomas Paine, and supported freedom from Britain and a democratic republic

Question 19

1st Rhode Island Regiment

Answer 19

1st African American army that fought for Pats

Question 20

Loyalists

Answer 20

People who frowned upon Independence

Question 21

2nd Continental Congress

Answer 21

Appointed Washington, Thomas Jefferson, And Benny boy, they wrote the Olive Branch

Question 22

Patriots

Answer 22

People who supported independence from Britain

Question 23

Benjamin Franklin

Answer 23

He was a member of the Second Continental Congress and helped write the Dec of Independence

Question 24

George Washington

Answer 24

led a surprise attack on Hessian mercenaries on Christmas Day 1776, commanded many battles and was part of the 2nd Cont Cong

Question 25

Deborah Sampson

Answer 25

A woman who acted as a man named Robert Shurtiff to get into the army

Question 26

Marquis de Lafayette

Answer 26

originally British, fought for the Americans

Question 27

Thomas Jefferson

Answer 27

part of the second continental congress, wrote (plagiarized) the Dec of Ind and was governor of VA during American Revolution

Question 28

John Burgoyne

Answer 28

He lost the Battle of Saratoga and was humiliated; nicknamed Gentleman Johnny

Question 29

Baron von Steuben

Answer 29

a military officer that formed a model company of soldiers and trained them to march, use the bayonet, and execute orders quickly on the battlefield

Question 30

Benedict Arnold

Answer 30

A man who betrayed his own country and helped take Fort Ticonderoga from the British (switch to a Pat)

Question 31

Thomas Paine

Answer 31

The dude who wrote Common Sense

Question 32

John Locke

Answer 32

An English philosopher that influenced Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence