test 3 part 1

Question 1

Lexington and Concord

Answer 1

British attempt to destroy stockpile of ammo

Question 2

battle of bunker hill

Answer 2

fought on the hills surrounding Boston

Question 3

battle of long island

Answer 3

british gain control of an island in ny

Question 4

battle of trenton

Answer 4

took place on christmas day in nj

Question 5

battle of saratoga

Answer 5

victory here gained the patriot’s french upport

Question 6

battle of fort ticonderoga

Answer 6

ethan allen led the green mountain boyd attack here

Question 7

battle of serapis

Answer 7

important naval battle during the revolutionary war

Question 8

battle of charleston

Answer 8

worst defeat for patriots general lincoln surrenders charleston and 10000 men

Question 9

battle of cowpens

Answer 9

british General daniel morgan deafeats lt. colenel british troops surrounded or killled 50% malitiamen used as bait

Question 10

battle of yorktown

Answer 10

final battle

Question 11

famous for calling king george a royal brute

Answer 11

thomas paine

Question 12

famous for saying dont fire till u see the whites of their eyes

Answer 12

general prescott

Question 13

name of ship that john paul jones captures

Answer 13

serapis hms

Question 14

famous for saying i have not yet begun to fight

Answer 14

john paul jones

Question 15

what battle do the britsh gain control of ny

Answer 15

battle of long island

Question 16

cuts off cornwallis’s retreat from yorktown to the west and south

Answer 16

marquis de lafayette

Question 17

what do the patriots damage after the battle of trenton

Answer 17

princeton nj

Question 18

what fort did ehtan allen and the mountain boys capture

Answer 18

ticonderoga

Question 19

why is the battle of seratoga important

Answer 19

wins french support for the patriots

Question 20

3 things that happened to trap gen cornwallis at yorktown

Answer 20

-washington moves his army to block retreat north and east
-lafayette blocks retreat south and west
-french fleet blocks retreat by sea

Question 21

2 important parts of the treaty that ended the rev. war?

Answer 21

-britain recognizes US as free and independant
-set state boundaries that allow for western expansion

Question 22

name of treaty that ended rev. wr?

Question 23

british generl in charge of troops at yorktown

Answer 23

cornwallis

Question 24

cuts off british retreat from yorktown to the north and east

Answer 24

washington

Question 25

who cuts off british retreat from yorktown to the west and south

Answer 25

washington’s trooops

Question 26

3 men who represent US at the signing of the treaty of paris

Answer 26

ben frank, john adams, john jay

Question 27

british representative who signed treaty of paris

Answer 27

david heartly

Question 28

early decision abt the articles of confederation

Answer 28

re write the articles of confederation

Question 29

how many delagates were at the constitutional convention? how many states?

Answer 29

55 delegates from 12 states