Sections 1 & 2

Question 1

Who’s Benjamin Franklin?

Answer 1

He signed the Declaration of Independence and only made minor changes to it. He was also part of the continental congress.

Question 2

Who is Thomas Paine

Answer 2

An author who published common sense, and The crisis. Supported the Blue coats*

Question 3

What is common sense

Answer 3

a pamphlet written by Paine that ridiculed king george, and stated that everyone should be treated freely.

Question 4

Who is Richard Henry Lee

Answer 4

-He introduced a resolution to congress after common sense, it was to support independence.
(Planted the seed)

Question 5

what is a resolution?

Answer 5

formal statement of opinion including the Declaration of Independence

Question 6

Who is Thomas Jefferson

Answer 6

He wrote the declaration of independence, he was a 33-year-old, who was shy, but had a graceful writing style.

Question 7

what is the preamble

Answer 7

introduction

Question 8

Who is John Adams

Answer 8

signed the declaration of independence, made changes to it, and learned that it was hard to win everyone’s independence over.

Question 9

Declaration of Independence

Answer 9

Declaration of Independence -
A writing that uses step by step logic to explain why the colonists wanted to break away from British rule. It had 4 parts:
Preamble
Introduction
Natural Rights
General ideas about society and government
List of Grievances
Complaints about King George III of England
Dissolving the Bonds
Wraps up how the colonies should be free and independent from Britain

Question 10

what is a grievance?

Answer 10

a formal complaint

Question 11

Natural rights

Answer 11

Three main sections after the preamble. The first section states some general ideas about society and government. It also states that all men are created equal and that everyone is endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights. He also concludes that if governments do not help people’s need they deserve to be abolished.

Question 12

Declaration

Answer 12

Said that the colonies were breaking free from Britain, concluded the Declaration of Independence.

Question 13

William Howe

Answer 13

A British commander who led the attack on Staten Island

Question 14

Battle of Long Island

Answer 14

The British drove Washington’s troop, led to a chain of American retreats

Question 15

what happened July4, 1776

Answer 15

The day that congress approved the declaration of independence.

Question 16

Nathan Hale

Answer 16

He was a Connecticut officer that volunteered to be on dangerous spy duty, he got caught, and said that he only regretted that he only had one life to spend on his country

Question 17

Who wrote the crisis and why?

Answer 17

Thomas Paine. To raise morale/ask the Americans to support the army

Question 18

Hessian soldiers

Answer 18

Mercenaries fighting for Britain from Hesse, a small German state

Question 19

Battle of trenton

Answer 19

a battle led by george washington with 2400 men on december 26.

Question 20

Mercenaries

Answer 20

Soldiers who are paid to fight for a country other than their own

Question 21

John Burgoyne

Answer 21

Made a plan for British forces to drive toward Albany, New York from 3 directions, but the timings were messed up, and he failed.

Question 22

General Horatio Gates

Answer 22

Rushed to block the British, surrounded the British and made Burgoyne surrender

Question 23

Battle of Saratoga

Answer 23

This American victory ended the British threat to New England and destroyed British hopes of an easy victory, it also raised Patriot’s spirits

Question 24

French Alliance

Answer 24

French agreed to help the Americans beat the British. An alliance is a formal agreement between two powers to work together toward a common goal

Question 25

Marquis de Lafayette

Answer 25

A French noble who became a high-ranking officer in Washington’s army.

Question 26

Thaddeus Kosciusko

Answer 26

An engineer who took charge of building fortifications at West Point.

Question 27

Casimir Pulaski

Answer 27

He trained cavalry, which are units of troop on horseback

Question 28

Friedrich von Steuben

Answer 28

-He had served in the Prussian Army, the best army in Europe, and trained the Continental Army

Question 29

Valley Forge

Answer 29

Where the Continental Army suffered a long, hard, winter and didn’t have much. When people heard about these conditions, they sent items to help.