Unit 3

Question 1

What was being used to get colonists ready to fight?

Answer 1

Propaganda

Question 2

What is an arsenal?

Answer 2

A place to store guns and ammunition

Question 3

Where did the British plan to take over an arsenal?

Answer 3

Concord

Question 4

How were the Son’s of Liberty alerted that they must travel by sea to get to Concord?

Answer 4

2 lanterns were put in the steeple of the church

Question 5

Where do the British have to go through to get to Concord?

Answer 5

Lexington

Question 6

Who was tricked into firing first at the Battle of Lexington and Concord? What was it called?

Answer 6

the British fired the shot heard around the world

Question 7

Who made his famous ride?

Answer 7

Paul Revere

Question 8

Why didn’t the British like our warfare?

Answer 8

We used Guerrilla Warfare, which is basically hide, shoot, then run

Question 9

When was the Battle at Bunker Hill?

Answer 9

June 17, 1775

Question 10

Why did the colonists choose to go to the top of a hill and dig for an attack during the Battle of Bunker Hill?

Answer 10

The soldiers carried a 15 lbs musket and a 20 lbs backpack while they were still being shot at.

Question 11

What was William Prescott’s famous quote?

Answer 11

“Don’t fire ‘til you see the whites of their eyes.”

Question 12

Who said, “Don’t fire ‘til you see the whites of their eyes,”?

Answer 12

William Prescott

Question 13

What does the phrase ‘don’t fire ‘til you see the whites of their eyes’ mean?

Answer 13

The bullets would only travel so far and they didn’t want to waste ammunition

Question 14

Who won the Battle of Bunker Hill?

Answer 14

the British

Question 15

Who had a moral victory in the Battle of Bunker Hill? What is a moral victory?

Answer 15

The colonists technically lost but they still did really well so their morals were high

Question 16

Who was in charge of the 2nd Continental Congress?

Answer 16

John Hancock

Question 17

What were the reason for having the 2nd Continental Congress?

Answer 17

1. to ask colonists for supplies and guns
2. to send a letter to France
3. to set up Continental Army with George Washington as General

Question 18

What are paid fighters from another country called?

Answer 18

Mercenaries

Question 19

Where were the mercenaries from? How much were they paid?

Answer 19

Germany
$35 per colonist killed
They were not loyal fighters

Question 20

Who kept writing pamphlets with propaganda?

Answer 20

Tom Paine

Question 21

A committee of 5 was set up to talk about the Declaration of Independence. Who was the main man in charge?

Answer 21

Thomas Jefferson

Question 22

What did Thomas Jefferson do while writing the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 22

He borrowed ideas from English documents

Question 23

Who said all men have a right to life liberty and property?

Answer 23

John Locke

Question 24

What did Jefferson change in the phrase all men have the right to life, liberty, and property?

Answer 24

He changed property to the Pursuit of Happiness

Question 25

What are the 3 parts to the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 25

1. Preamble – introduction
2. List of Grievances – all the bad things England has done
3. Independence – a list of names committing treason

Question 26

What is the punishment for treason?

Answer 26

Hanging a slow death

Question 27

Who was the British commander in the Battle at Trenton and where were they camped out?

Answer 27

Col. Ralls
Trenton, New Jersey

Question 28

What was Washington’s plan at the Battle of Trenton?

Answer 28

To attack the British the day after Christmas because the Germans would be hungover

Question 29

What river did Washington cross?

Answer 29

Delaware River

Question 30

What were the results of the Battle of Trenton?

Answer 30

The British (Hessians) had 1300 men and 1000 of them were captured.
We won

Question 31

What did a letter have to do with the Battle at Trenton?

Answer 31

Ralls got a not telling him to be aware of Washington’s attack on Christmas Day but he stuck it in his pocket, unread, and didn’t prepare

Question 32

Why is the Battle at Saratoga called the turning point of the war?

Answer 32

France decided to help us because Ben Franklin convinced them to fight

Question 33

Who was Benedict Arnold?

Answer 33

A traitor who gave secret plans to the British to help them in battle and rebel against superior officers

Question 34

What does mutiny mean?

Answer 34

open rebellion

Question 35

Why did colonial troops begin to mutiny?

Answer 35

They had little food and money and were losing the war.

Question 36

Why was Valley Forge terrible?

Answer 36

People were freezing to death

Question 37

What year did we win the war?

Answer 37

1781

Question 38

Why does Yorktown become famous?

Answer 38

the British surrendered

Question 39

What were the conditions of the Treaty of Paris after the war ended?

Answer 39

-Colonists get land past the App Mountains but England won’t protect us anymore

Question 40

Soldiers come by farms and do what during the war?

Answer 40

they go around asking for cow’s meat for other soldiers and take grain to feed their own families

Oh no! Don’t take seed grain! We need it for planting season!

Question 41

What are the problems this new country will face?

Answer 41

-No army
-No money
-No government
-Many buildings were destroyed

Question 42

What does emancipation mean?

Answer 42

freedom

Question 43

Who was known as Swamp Fox?

Answer 43

Francis Marion

Question 44

Who was Swamp Fox?

Answer 44

a terrorist leader, who led the patriots through Guerrilla Warfare