Chapter 4 Midterm US History Study Guide

The British commander who sent his troops to capture Patriot supplies in Concord in April 1775 was General…

Thomas Gage.

In may 1775 shortly after it convened, the Second Continental Congress…

Formed the Continental Army under the leadership of George Washington.

After the Battle of Bunked Hill, Congress and the bulk of the American people were…

Still reluctant to declare independence.

In January 1776, the British pushed the colonists toward independence by hiring ___ mercenaries.

Hessian

"In short, monarchy and succession have laid (no this or that kingdom only) but the world in blood and ashes. 'Tis a form of government which the word of God bears testimony against, and blood will attend it." This statement is typical of the ideas of…

Thomas Paine.

Battles in and around __ in August and September of 1776 were ignominious defeats for Washington;s forces and seemed to persuade an easy British triumph in the war.

New York City

The battles of Trenton and Princeton in December 1776 were important because…

The army's morale was boosted after a series of defeats.

The major British defeat of 1777 at _ was caused mostly by the extremely poor coordination of the campaign.

Saratoga

The purpose of the British Arm's march on Concord, Massachusetts, in April 1775 was to…

Seize the war supplies stored there.

According to your text, the first major battle of the Revolutionary War was the Battle of….

Bunker Hill

The author of the tract, 'Common Sense', Which boldly called for complete independence and attacked not only King George III, but also the idea of the monarchy itself was…

Thomas Paine

A major British advantage in 1776 was their…

Far large population than the colonies'.

The best estimate of the proportion of Patriots and Tories during the war for independence in that…

Patriots were much more numerous than Tories, but large numbers of Americans were indifferent.

The United States' most valuable ally in the Revolution was…

France.

During the winter of 1778, Washington's army endured severe shortages of food and clothing while camped at…

Valley Forge.

In 1778, fighting in the Northern States practically ceased; thereafter, most of the engagements were in the…

South.

The British defeat at Yorktown resulted largely from the…

French fleet winning control of Chesapeake Bay and preventing Cornwallis from escaping from the peninsula by sea.

The American negotiators at the Paris Peace Conference violated their instructions from congress by…

Refusing to rely on the Comte de Vergennes and negotiating a separate treaty with Great Britain.

The United States received very favorable terms in the Peace of Paris (1783) because the…

American commissioners skillfully played rival European powers against each other.

The union of American states under the Articles of Confederation was a…

League of Friendship, in which the states were sovereign and the national government had only weak delegated powers.

The American government raised over $200 million and much of the cost of the Revolutionary War by…

Printing paper money.

In the new state governments created during the Revolution, power was concentrated in the…

Legislatures.

As a part of the social reforms accompanying the Revolution, all states which still had them abolished…

Primogeniture and entail.

The immediate effect of the American revolution upon slavery was that…

Northern states moved toward emancipation of their slaves and most southern states restricted the importation of slaves.

How did the Revolution affect attitudes toward the education of women?

The idea of female education began to be accepted as important in a republic.

A major source of the new feeling of nationalism after the Revolutionary War was the…

Common sacrifice by soldiers and civilians during the war.

George Washington's greatest strength as a symbol of American nationalism was his…

Personal sacrifices and his obvious disinclination toward becoming a dictator.

In the opinion of your textbook, most American citizens in the 1780s gave their first loyalty to…

Their own states.