Test 6 Study Guide

Question 1

I stitched the first American flag with stars and stripes

Answer 1

Betsy Ross

Question 2

I was the President of the Second Continental Congress and the first to sign the Declaration of Independence

Answer 2

John Hancock

Question 3

I was a brave American spy who was killed by the British

Answer 3

Nathan Hale

Question 4

I was a famous American silversmith and patriot

Answer 4

Paul Revere

Question 5

My men and I captured Fort Ticonderoga

Answer 5

Ethan Allen

Question 6

By capturing three forts on the frontier, my men and I secured the Northwest Territory for America

Answer 6

George Rogers Clark

Question 7

I was a black patriot killed at the Boston Massacre

Answer 7

Crispus Attucks

Question 8

I was the leader of the British army who surrendered to George Washington at the end of the war

Answer 8

General Cornwallis

Question 9

Congress chose me to be the supremem commander of the American troops

Answer 9

George Washington

Question 10

I was the king of England during the time of the American War for Independence

Answer 10

King George III

Question 11

The Hessians were defeated here on Christmas

Answer 11

Trenton

Question 12

the battle at this place was the turning point of the war

Answer 12

Saratoga

Question 13

The Continental Army spent a hard winter here

Answer 13

Valley Forge

Question 14

Americans proved they were hard to beat here

Answer 14

Bunker Hill

Question 15

The British surrendered to the Americans here

Answer 15

Yorktown

Question 16

The first battle of the war started here

Answer 16

Lexington and Concord

Question 17

“Give me liberty or give me death.”

Answer 17

Patrick Henry

Question 18

“I have not yet begun to fight.”

Answer 18

John Paul Jones

Question 19

“I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.”

Answer 19

Nathan Hale

Question 20

“The British are coming! The British are coming!”

Answer 20

Paul Revere

Question 21

“We have, therefore, to resolve to conquer or to die.”

Answer 21

George Washington

Question 22

American colonists who remained loyal to the king of England

Answer 22

tories

Question 23

American colonists who wanted independence from England

Answer 23

patriots

Question 24

German soldiers hired by the king to fight the Americans

Answer 24

Hessians

Question 25

men prepared to fight at a minute’s notice

Answer 25

minutemen

Question 26

American colonists sometimes called the British soldiers “redcoats” or _______________.

Answer 26

lobster-backs

Question 27

a part of an ocean that reaches into the land, generally with a narrower opening than a bay

Answer 27

gulf

Question 28

an inland body of water that is usually fresh

Answer 28

lake

Question 29

land deposited at the mouth of a river

Answer 29

delta

Question 30

a deep, narrow body of water connecting two larger bodies of water

Answer 30

channel

Question 31

where a river begins

Answer 31

source

Question 32

What was the Stamp Act?

Answer 32

All important papers bought by the colonists had to have a seal or stamp on them. Each stamp or seal was a tax the colonists had to pay.

Question 33

What was the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 33

A document that clearly stated to the world the reasons why the American colonists wanted their independence. It was signed on July 4, 1776.

Question 34

What was the Boston Tea Party?

Answer 34

In Boston, colonists dressed as Indians, boarded British ships, and dumped the tea into the harbor to protest the tax on tea.