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American Revolution Ch.6
American Revolution Ch.6
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The colonies unite to fight British rule.
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1
What made the Battle of Kings Mountain so important?
It showed Major Ferguson he needed to retreat south.
It was a surprising victory that gave the Patriots hope.
2
Which is
NOT
true of the First Continental Congress
Delegates from all 13 colonies came to the meeting.
Militia was set up in each colony.
A petition was sent to King Geo. listing their complaints.
Delegates started another boycott of British goods.
3
The __________ did not want to be independent from Great Britain.
Loyalists
Southern Colonists
New England colonists
Patriots
4
Regulators in the North Carolina backcountry clashed with the governor's men in the ______.
Battle of the Watauga
North Carolina Conflict
Battle of Alamance
Revolutionary War
5
Why was Dragging Canoe angry?
He didn't think Nancy Ward should be the Beloved Woman.
He did not want the chiefs to give up so much Cherokee land.
6
The Stamp Act ___________.
put a tax on printed things like books and newspapers.
put a tax on tea.
put a tax on sugar.
put a tax on postage stamps.
7
Why did the Cherokees help the British in the Revolutionary War?
The British promised the Cherokees one of the colonies.
The British promised to keep settlers off Cherokee land.
8
Which is something important that Thomas Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence?
"I have not yet begun to fight!"
"Let Justice be done though the heavens should fall."
"Give me liberty or give me death!"
"All men are created equal."
9
Which is
NOT
a reason the colonists were angry with British government?
The British stopped letting colonists hold trials.
The British government started charging new taxes.
Colonists had no representation in British government.
The British government got a judge's order to search homes.
10
Which is a reason it seemed that the British would win the Revolutionary War?
The French agreed to help the Americans.
Great Britain was the wealthiest nation in the world.
11
Which is
NOT
true of the Boston Tea Party?
The men dressed up as Indians.
British tea was expensive, which made colonists angry.
Men threw 300 chests of tea in Boston Harbor.
The British gonvernment punished Boston.
12
John Sevier was
NOT
an organizer and leader of Overmountain Men during Rev. War.
leader of the Watauga Settlements.
militia leader in the Chickasaw War.
governor of Tennessee
13
During the river journey to the Cumberland Settlements some travelers got small pox.
True
False
14
Which is a way the colonists protested the new taxes?
They held sit-ins at government buildings.
They rioted throughout the colonies.
They sent men to Parliament to complain.
They boycotted British goods.
15
Why did British soldiers march to the towns of Lexington and Concord?
The British general wanted to set up his headquarters there.
They had heard the colonists were hiding weapons there.
16
Richard Henderson made the Transylvania Purchase with the _____.
Watauga Agreement
Treaty of Sycamore Shoals
17
Why did the British government begin charging new taxes in the American colonies?
The colonies refused to support King George in France's war.
The British always asked for money.
Britain owed Spain money.
Britain had debts to pay from the French and Indian war.
18
In the south there were many Loyalists, so the British marched there to add more men to fight.
False
True
19
This British General threatened to destroy Tennessee settlements:
Nathanael Greene
Charles Cornwallis
20
An advantage the Overmountain Men had over the British was...
They knew the way around and were used to the mountains.
They were formally trained by famous generals to go to war.
