Unit 2 quiz 2

Question 1

Tories

Answer 1

Name of the loyalists to the british
- an American colonist who supported the British side during the American Revolution.

Question 2

Valley forge

Answer 2

The site of the military camp of the colonial army during the winter of 1777-1778

Question 3

Marquis de La Fayette

Answer 3

a French major who aided the colonies during the Revolutionary War

Question 4

Yorktown

Answer 4

The Battle of Yorktown was the last major land battle in the Revolutionary War.

Question 5

Articles of Confederation

Answer 5

first American constitution that established the United States as a loose confederation of states under a weak national Congress; Articles were replaced by a more efficent Constitution in 1789.

Question 6

Shays’ Rebellion

Answer 6

Four thousand rebels (called Shaysites) closed debt courts and threatened a federal arsenal but the government could not pay for an army to stop it

Question 7

Trenton and Princeton

Answer 7

the first successes won by the Revolutionary general George Washington in the open field.

Question 8

Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben

Answer 8

a Prussian-born military officer who served as inspector general and Major General of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.

Question 9

treaty of alliance 1778

Answer 9

a defensive agreement stating that France would ally with the United States if the former went to war with Britain.

Question 10

Treaty of Paris, 1783

Answer 10

ended the American Revolution and formally recognized the United States as an independent nation.

Question 11

Land Ordinance, 1785

Answer 11

allowed the federal government to sell western lands to pay off the national debt and organize these new lands into townships and public schools.

Question 12

Battle of Saratoga

Answer 12

a series of two battles that became the turning point of the war.

Question 13

Lydia Darragh

Answer 13

a Quaker woman who crossed enemy lines during the British occupation of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her mission was to pass information to General George Washington and the Continental Army, warning them of an impending British attack.

Question 14

Comte de Rochambeau

Answer 14

General in command of French forces during the American Revolution, he fought alongside George Washington at Yorktown.

Question 15

Statute of Religious Freedom

Answer 15

a statement about both freedom of conscience and the principle of separation of church and state.

Question 16

Northwest Ordinance, 1787

Answer 16

established a government for the Northwest Territory, outlined the process for admitting a new state to the Union, and guaranteed that newly created states would be equal to the original thirteen states.