Wuarter 1 Part 2

Question 0

What man lead the cause against independence from Great Britain

Answer 0

John Dickinson of Pennsylvania

Question 1

What man led the cause for independence from Great Britain

Answer 1

John Adams of Massachusetts

Question 2

Misnamed battle of bunker hill actually took place on Breeds hill in ______

Answer 2

Boston

Question 3

The British won the Battle of Bunker Hill but suffered_____ casualties

Answer 3

1000

Question 4

In July 1775 following the events of bunker hill the 2nd continental congress decided to send a letter to king George the 3ed hopping to come the situation. This letter was called _________

Answer 4

The olive branch petition

Question 5

How did king George respond to the olive branch petition?

Answer 5

The proclaimed the congress traitors and warned them that if they did not stop the rebellion they would be arrested and hung for treason.

Question 6

Loyalists were colonial citizens who were loyal to _____

Answer 6

Great Britain

Question 7

What is not an argument for independence

Answer 7

England was at war with France and distracted by internal political affairs

Question 8

Great Britain routinely violated the colonists rights as Englishmen as spelled out in what previous documents?

Answer 8

The Virginia charter and the English bill of rights

Question 9

King George the 3ed’s mercenaries were

Answer 9

German

Question 10

After independence was declared in 1776 the British moved the theater of war from New England to

Answer 10

Middle Colonies

Question 11

The first city attacked following independence was

Answer 11

New York

Question 12

During the battle of Trenton, George Washington and his men crossed the _______ river in the middle of the night

Answer 12

Delaware

Question 13

Which British General was forced to surrender at the battle of Saratoga, New York

Answer 13

John Burgoyne

Question 14

valley forge was plagued with problems including

Answer 14

Small pox
Cold miserable weather
Poor supplies

Question 15

What was the name of the Prussian captain that Washington hired to get his men into shape and military order

Answer 15

Fredrich von Stuben

Question 16

This young man was a French officer that became like a son to Washington

Answer 16

Maquis de Lafayette

Question 17

What British General conquered Charlestown, South Carolina and was set to sweep through the south late in the war?

Answer 17

Charles Cornwallis

Question 18

The final battle of the American Revolution was at Yorktown, Virginia. What was the fatal mistake the British General made by bringing his trips to Yorktown

Answer 18

He trapped himself on a peninsula

Question 19

Who said “How many people in human history to choose the form of government for themselves and their children”

Answer 19

John Adams

Question 20

As the continental congress began planning for a new country with a new form of government, one of the most pressing questions was

Answer 20

To which government should the citizens give their loyalty state or national

Question 21

A republic is a government in which citizens rule through their

Answer 21

elected representatives