The American Revolution - Chapter 6

Question 1

Captured the Fort at Vincennes in the West

Accepted Answer

George Rogers Clark

Question 2

True or False: At first, soldiers signed up for one year of service in the Continental Army

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

The Declaration of Independence was signed in

Accepted Answer

1776

Question 4

In the Treaty of Paris of 1783, the British did not agree to

Accepted Answer

recognize the United States as their main trade partner

Question 5

What was the name of the British commander of the forces in the South?

Accepted Answer

General Charles Cornwallis

Question 6

Native Americans sided with which side because they seemed to pose less of a threat?

Accepted Answer

British

Question 7

City that was captured by the British forcing the Continental Congress to flee

Accepted Answer

Philadelphia

Question 8

Went to France to gain French support in the war

Accepted Answer

Ben Franklin

Question 9

Said "I have not yet begun to fight!"

Accepted Answer

John Paul Jones

Question 10

American victory over British Loyalists in 1780. Many Patriot soldiers were from Tennessee.

Accepted Answer

Kings Mountain

Question 11

British general that captured Philadelphia

Accepted Answer

William Howe

Question 12

The name for hired German soldiers

Accepted Answer

Hessians

Question 13

What side did some African Americans side with during the war?

Accepted Answer

Loyalists

Question 14

How did Spain help to undermine Great Britain's Southern strategy?

Accepted Answer

Gàlvez's army captured British posts along lower MS. River

Question 15

French noble who offered support towards America and served in the Continental Army

Accepted Answer

Marquis de Lafayette

Question 16

Many Loyalists left and went to

Accepted Answer

Canada

Question 17

Name of Americans who remained loyal to Britain

Accepted Answer

Loyalists

Question 18

Britain was never able to control the

Accepted Answer

countryside.

Question 19

Washington & troops endured a hard winter where soldiers/officers deserted which camp?

Accepted Answer

Valley Forge

Question 20

French Admiral that blocked British ships at Yorktown

Accepted Answer

Degrasse

Question 21

British commander at Detroit who was known as the "hair buyer"

Accepted Answer

Henry Hamilton

Question 22

Patriot who disguised himself as a Dutch schoolteacher to spy on the Loyalists

Accepted Answer

Nathan Hale

Question 23

In the Treaty of Paris in 1783, Americans did NOT agree to

Accepted Answer

recognize Britain as an independent nation

Question 24

Ran away from battle at Camden

Accepted Answer

Horatio Gates

Question 25

What action finally convinced the British to end the war with the Americans?

Accepted Answer

American victory at Yorktown

Question 26

Which strength of the Continental Army was significant to its ultimate victory?

Accepted Answer

Inspirational leader

Question 27

Which advantage was NOT in favor of the Patriots?

Accepted Answer

money used for the war

Question 28

Commander who replaced General Horatio Gates as leader of the Patriot forces in the South

Accepted Answer

Nathanael Greene

Question 29

To ratify is to

Accepted Answer

approve a treaty

Question 30

Became a traitor during the War

Accepted Answer

Benedict Arnold

Question 31

A continuous rise in the price of goods and services

Accepted Answer

inflation

Question 32

The printing of millions of dollars worth of paper money caused

Accepted Answer

prices to increase

Question 33

Women's roles changed during the revolution by running businesses and what?

Accepted Answer

promoting equality and heading families

Question 34

Name of the battle that was a turning point in the war

Accepted Answer

Saratoga

Question 35

Led the Green Mountain Boys

Accepted Answer

Ethan Allen

Question 36

Why was the battle of Saratoga considered a turning point in the war?

Accepted Answer

Patriot victory gained France & Spain as allies

Question 37

True or False: General Cornwallis surrendered at the Battle of Yorktown

Accepted Answer

True

Question 38

Worst American defeat of the war

Accepted Answer

Charles Town

Question 39

True or False: Privateers were government owned merchant ships with weapons

Accepted Answer

False

Question 40

"Molly Pitcher" was also known as who?

Accepted Answer

Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley

Question 41

Loyalist strength was strongest in the South

Accepted Answer

True

Question 42

What did the Patriot victory at Yorktown convince the British to come to terms with?

Accepted Answer

war too costly to pursue

Question 43

Loyalists were also known as

Accepted Answer

Tories

Question 44

Said "I regret that I only have one life to give for my country."

Accepted Answer

Nathan Hale

Question 45

Prussian officer who Washington befriended to help train Patriot troops at Valley Forge

Accepted Answer

Friedrich von Steuben

Question 46

Patriot strength was strongest in the Carolinas

Accepted Answer

False

Question 47

True or False: France & Germany became allies of the Patriots in the Revolutionary War

Accepted Answer

False

Question 48

Hit-and-run fighting technique used by the Patriots on the British

Accepted Answer

guerilla warfare

Question 49

A person or country who joins forces to support you is called what?

Accepted Answer

ally

Question 50

The Swamp Fox

Accepted Answer

Francis Marion

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