Social Studies - The Revolutionary War

Question 1

Patriot

Answer 1

Supported independence

Question 2

Loyalist

Answer 2

Loyal to the king

Question 3

Inflation

Answer 3

An increase in the price of goods

Question 4

Profiteering

Answer 4

Charging extra-high prices for their crops or goods

Question 5

Regiment

Answer 5

A large group of soldiers

Question 6

Enlist

Answer 6

To sign up for duty in the army

Question 7

Abolish

Answer 7

To end slavery

Question 8

Abolitionist

Answer 8

Antislavery

Question 9

Territory

Answer 9

Land that belongs to a nation but is not a state and is not represented in the national government

Question 10

Ordinance

Answer 10

A set of laws

Question 11

Did the Battle of Saratoga happen before or after the Battle of Trenton?

Answer 11

After

Question 12

How many years after the Battle of Yorktown was the Treaty of Paris signed?

Answer 12

2 years

Question 13

Why did the Continental Congress have trouble financing the war?

Answer 13

Because inflation and goods prices were getting raised

Question 14

Who helped bring water to soldiers at the Battle of Monmouth?

Answer 14

Molly Pitcher

Question 15

Where did the Continental Army spend the winter of 1777?

Answer 15

Valley Forge

Question 16

What country helped the Americans win the Battle of Yorktown?

Answer 16

France

Question 17

What was the name of the plan for governing the western lands north of the Ohio River?

Answer 17

Northwest Ordinance

Question 18

Why do you think some American Indians decided to side with the British in the Revolutionary War?

Answer 18

To prevent more Americans from settling on their land, also many depended on the British as trading partners

Question 19

How did Yorktown’s relative location help the Americans?

Answer 19

it could be easily surrounded