American Revolution chapter 6

Question 1

Supplies and reinforcements could not reach the Continental Army because of what?

Accepted Answer

Blockade

Question 2

Which man did not represent the Americans at the peace talks in Paris?

Accepted Answer

George Washington

Question 3

In 1780, where did the Patriots suffer their worst defeat of the war?

Accepted Answer

Charles town

Question 4

King George III agreed to give the Americans their freedom after the victory where?

Accepted Answer

Yorktown

Question 5

On Christmas night 1776, the Patriots scored a victory where?

Accepted Answer

Trenton

Question 6

Admiral de Grasse's French troops kept the British from escaping by ____________________ from Yorktown.

Accepted Answer

Sea

Question 7

What boat was surrendered to John Paul Jones?

Accepted Answer

Sepis

Question 8

To spy on the British, which Patriot disguised himself as a teacher?

Accepted Answer

Nathan Hale

Question 9

What are merchant war ships?

Accepted Answer

Privateer

Question 10

Which problem caused Congress to stop issuing paper money? Is it inflation

Accepted Answer

True

Question 11

Who disguised herself as a man so she could fight with the army?

Accepted Answer

Deborah Sampson

Question 12

Did George Rogers Clark force Henry Hamilton's surrender at fort Vincennes true or at yorktown false

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

What Patriot victory convinced the British that the war was too difficult and costly to pursue?

Accepted Answer

Yorktown

Question 14

Thomas Paine wrote, "These are the times that try men's souls" in what pamphlet? True=Common sense,false=American crisis

Accepted Answer

False

Question 15

Where was William Howe's winter camp?

Accepted Answer

Philadelphia

Question 16

the United States claimed land from the Atlantic Ocean west to the ___________________, and from Canada south to Florida

Accepted Answer

Mississippi

Question 17

William Howe planned to capture the American capital, which was located where?

Accepted Answer

Philadelphia

Question 18

Who was the essay writer for women’s education?

Accepted Answer

Judith Sargeant Murray

Question 19

Who led the Patriots' victory at Vincennes, which strengthened the American position in the West?

Accepted Answer

George Rogers Clark

Question 20

Due to George Washington's strategy, Charles Cornwallis was defeated where?

Accepted Answer

Yorktown

Question 21

What was the worst American defeat of the war?

Accepted Answer

Charlestown

Question 22

Rhode island was the first state to have a all African American regiment.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 23

The British recognized the United States as an independent nation in what treaty? The Declaration of Independence treaty

Accepted Answer

False

Question 24

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

Accepted Answer

Valley forge

Question 25

What was George Washington’s greatest challenge at Valley Forge? was it keeping the people from deserting

Accepted Answer

True

Question 26

Which foreign troops helped defeat Charles Cornwallis?

Accepted Answer

French

Question 27

What did Washington do after the war?

Accepted Answer

Go home to Mount Veron

Question 28

What was the name given to Americans who supported independence?

Accepted Answer

Patriots

Question 29

Two African American patriots are who

Accepted Answer

Peter salem, Lemuel hayes

Question 30

Who made clothes for the troops and cared for the sick at Valley Forge?

Accepted Answer

Martha Washington

Question 31

The hit-and-run technique of fighting, which caught the British off guard, is called what?

Accepted Answer

Guerilla warfare

Question 32

The nation that signed a treaty of alliance with the revolutionary United States in 1778 was who?

Accepted Answer

french

Question 33

"These are the times that try men's souls," was written by whom?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Paine

Question 34

Enslaved African Americans who fought on the British side were given freedom.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 35

The "Swamp Fox," known for his imaginative war tactics, was who?

Accepted Answer

Francis Marion

Question 36

The British promised to withdraw all troops from American territory in what treaty

Accepted Answer

Treaty of Paris

Question 37

What group fled the colonies for England?

Accepted Answer

Tories

Question 38

The British were attacked in the Mississippi Valley and along the Gulf of Mexico by forces from where?

Accepted Answer

Florida

Question 39

Who drilled Patriots at Valley Forge?

Accepted Answer

Friedrick Von Steuden

Question 40

Which Patriot's famous words were "I have not yet begun to fight"?

Accepted Answer

John Paul Jones

Question 41

Who was the French noble at Valley Forge?

Accepted Answer

Marquis De Lafayette

Question 42

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

Accepted Answer

South Carolina

Question 43

What was the American victory in September of 1780?

Accepted Answer

Kings mountain

Question 44

The French nobleman who became Washington's trusted aide was who?

Accepted Answer

Marquis De Lafayette

Question 45

The Hessians main goal for winning the war was where?

Accepted Answer

money

Question 46

On October 17, 1777, General John Burgoyne surrendered to the Americans where?

Accepted Answer

Saratoga

Question 47

What are British mercenaries? There are 2 answers.

Accepted Answer

Soldiers who fight for money, Hessians

Question 48

Loyalist strength was strongest where?

Accepted Answer

Southern colonies, Southern colonies

Question 49

Loyalist strength was weakest where?

Accepted Answer

New England

Question 50

Were Americans who remained loyal to Great Britain were called Loyalists and or Tories?

Accepted Answer

True

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