U.S. History Chapter 6 (EXAM)

The Patriots called for Parliment's four acts intended to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party the ___________________

intolerable acts

______________________ were the colonial supporters of the British during the War for Independence

Loyalists or Tories

German mercenaries that the British hired to fight the colonists were _______________

Hessians

_____________ is the term that refers to professional, full-time soldiers

Regulars

The ___________________ officially ended the War for Independence

Treaty of Paris

____________________ was the author of Common Sense

Thomas Paine

______________________ was the headquarters of the American army in the winter of 1777-1778 where many suffered but endured surprisingly wel

Valley Forge

Matching : led a team of men to bring artillery from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston

Henery Knox

Matching : drafted most of the Declaration of Independence

Thomas Jefferson

Matching : was a British commander defeated at Yorktown

Charles Cornwalls

Matching : was appointed as the commander in chief at the Second Continental Congress

George Washington

Matching : was victorious on Long Island, Manhattan Island, and the mainland after replacing General Thomas Gage.

William Howe

Matching : was a French aristocrat who became a leader in the colonial army

Marquis de Lafayette

Matching : was an American leader in the war in the West

George Rogers Clark

Matching : was a German drillmaster for the continental army

Baron Friedrich von steuben

Matching : earned the nickname "Swamp Fox" as the leader of a small band of South Carolinians.

Francis Marion

Matching : was a military genius known as the "Fighting Quaker"

Nathaneal Greene

What did common sense advocate?

Independence from Britain

Why was the Saratoga campaign an important victory for the patriots?

because it brought France into the war

What was the main purpose of the Committees of Correspondence?

to provide news regarding British threats to liberty

What event sparked the Coercive Acts?

Boston Tea Party

Where did Americans suffer their greatest defeat, losing an entire army?

In charelston

What act of treason did Benedict Arnold agree to perform?

hand over a fort

Why did George Washington attempt to defend New York City?

bc giving up the city without a fight would damage support for the war

What helped raise American morale a few months after the disastrous defeat in the Battle of Long Island?

The Battle of Trenton

What statement is Captain Paul Jones famous for?

" I have not yet begun to fight "

What was the last act of the Continental Congress for?

to write the Declaration of Independance

During what ... Charelston was captured by the british. Also Fancis Marion plagued the British using guerrilla warfare. And Nathaneal Greene was a commander there. The british....

the war in the south, the british did not win the battle of kings mountain

Where was "The shot heard 'round the world" fired?

Concord

What was the main reason the British divided their forces during 1777 ?

they wanted to cut New England off from the rest of the colonies

How did the "Swamp Fox" help the war effort?

launching guerrilla raids

What was the British response to the Gaspee incident that angered the colonists?

establishment of a British commission to investigate

Why did the colonist fear the Quebec Act?

The Quebec Act was intended ti deal with and provide for the french Canadians who were now under British control. It set up from them a rigid political system, made Roman Catholicism the official religion of Quebec, and extended the territorial boundaries of Quebec southward to the Ohio river, Although none of these provisions directly affected the American colonists, they feared that the act presented the danger of infringements on their own freedoms in the future. Catholicism's rise in the West enraged many American Protestants. They also feared that the act might set a precedent that would Parliemnt to establish Anglicanism as the state religion in America.

Why was the Declaration of Independence written?

to explain why the colonies wanted to separate from England

T/F: The first Continental Congress was convened to declare the colonies must be _________________. They established the _________________________.

self-governing, Declaration of American Rights

T/F: The battle of __________________ occurred __________ the declaration of Independence was signed.

Bunker Hill, Before

T/F: During the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the ________ regulars suffered _______ losses than the ____________ minutemen.

British, more, American

T/F: _____ all Americans were patriots during the revolution

NOT

T/F: Although the _____________ won the Battle of Bunker hill, they suffered _______ casualties than the _______________

British, more, Americans

T/F: At the time of the Olive Branch Petition, the Continental congress had _______ already decided to __________ from Great Britain and establish an independent nation. They requested intervention from the king for him to intervene to curb Parliment's abusive excesses of power.

NOT, seperate

T/F: Militia members were _________________ soldiers. They were prepared to ______________________ and businesses to fight in an emergency.

part time, leave their farms

Seperation from England was desired for the following reasons (theres four list them)

1) George III had kept a standing army in the colonies during peacetime
2) Parliment had imposed taxes without the consent of colonial legislatures
3) Parliment had suspended colonial legislatures
4) British forces had plundered American seas, ravaged American coasts, burned towns, and destroyed people's lives