AH Chapter 6 The American Revolution

Question 1

privateers

Accepted Answer

merchant war ships

Question 2

British advantage during the war included a stronger military, wealth, and a larger population.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

guerilla warfare

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hit-and-run war technique

Question 4

The American colonies declared independence from Great Britain in July 1775.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 5

Peter Salem

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African American Patriot

Question 6

At least one-half of the all American colonists were Tories

Accepted Answer

False

Question 7

After the war, George Washington

Accepted Answer

returned to Mount Vernon

Question 8

What is the name given to Americans who supported independence?

Accepted Answer

Patriots

Question 9

The volunteer from France who became Washington's trusted aide was

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Marquis de Lafayette

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

South Carolina

Question 11

Where did the Patriot forces endure a winter of terrible suffering?

Accepted Answer

Valley Forge

Question 12

Continental Army

Accepted Answer

Patriot forces

Question 13

Which battle resulted in Cornwallis surrendering?

Accepted Answer

Battle of Yorktown

Question 14

Americans who remained loyal to Great Britain were called Loyalists or

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Tories

Question 15

Friedrich von Steuben

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drilled Patriots at Valley Forge

Question 16

Nathan Hale was a Patriot soldier who became a traitor and spied for the British.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 17

Most of the soldiers in the Continental Army signed up for the duration of the war.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 18

Loyalist strength was strongest in

Accepted Answer

the Carolinas and Georgia

Questions 18