Ch. 6 Review-The American Revolution

Question 1

Nathaniel Hale was a Patriot solder who became a traitor by spying for the British

Accepted Answer

False

Question 2

What was an important advantage held by the Patriot forces in the conflict?

Accepted Answer

They were fighting on their own land

Question 3

What did George Washington do right after the war?

Accepted Answer

Returned to Mount Vernon

Question 4

By the end of the war, African Americans were enlisted in every state but:

Accepted Answer

South Carolina

Question 5

During the war, the British had advantages that included

Accepted Answer

All of the Above

Question 6

Loyalists were strongest where?

Accepted Answer

The Carolinas and Georgia

Question 7

What did the Treaty of Paris do?

Accepted Answer

All of the Above

Question 8

What battle convinced the British that the war cost too much money so they should give up?

Accepted Answer

Battle of Yorktown

Question 9

At least half of the colonists were Tories

Accepted Answer

False

Question 10

What is the name of the place where George Washington and his troops spent a horrible winter?

Accepted Answer

Valley Forge

Question 11

Which of these trained Patriot Soldiers at Valley Forge?

Accepted Answer

Baron von Steuben

Question 12

Most of the soldiers in the Continental Army were there until the end of the war

Accepted Answer

False

Question 13

When did the American colonies declare independence?

Accepted Answer

1776

Question 14

At which battle did Cornwallis surrender?

Accepted Answer

Battle of Yorktown

Question 15

Why was the Battle of Saratoga a "turning point" in the war?

Accepted Answer

France agreed to support the Americans

Question 16

Colonists who were loyal to the king were called:

Accepted Answer

Tories

Question 17

The "hit and run" technique that the militias used is called:

Accepted Answer

Guerilla Warfare

Question 18

Lemuel Hayes was a:

Accepted Answer

African American Patriot

Question 19

Privateers were:

Accepted Answer

Merchant Warships

Question 20

Why was it hard for the Americans to get soldiers and money for the war?

Accepted Answer

Colonists didn't didn't want to give Congress too much power

Question 21

Which man became General Washington's most trusted aide?

Accepted Answer

Marquis de Lafayette

Questions 21