Chapter 8

the fighting continued for more than a year.

the fighting continued for more than a year.

After the British defeat at Yorktown

consult with the colonies' French allies and make no separate peace arrangements with the British.

American diplomats to the peace negotiations in Paris in 1782-1783 were instructed by the Second Continental Congress to

C, A, B, D

Arrange these battles in chronological order:
(A) Trenton
(B) Saratoga
(C) Long Island
(D) Charleston.

unparalled strategic military genius

As commander of America's Revolutionary army, George Washington exhibited all of the following except

failed to stem the tide of westward-moving pioneers.

During the Revolution, the western frontier saw much fighting, which

it perceived that succesfully assisting the American cause could lead to achieving their ultimate goal of breaking up the British Empire.

France came to America's aid in the Revolution because

he lacked sufficient naval support.

General William Howe did not pursue and defeat George Washington's army after the Battle of Long Island for all of the following reasons except

he was already recognized as a brilliant writer.

Jefferson was selected to draft the Declaration of Independence because

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Loyalists made up about ____ percent of the American people.

select George Washington to head the army.

Perhaps the most important single action of the Second Continental Congress was to

offer the British one last chance at reconciliation.

The Declaration of Independence did all of the following except

was an effort by the Continental Congress to seek a political accommodation with King George III and prevent further hostilities with British military authorities.

The Olive Branch Petition

New England, the middle colonies, the South

The Revolutionary War began with fighting in ____; then in 1777-1778, fighting was concentrated in ____; and the fighting concluded in ____.

short of gunpowder

The colonial army eventually lost the Battle of Bunker Hill because its troops were

Charleston

The colonists suffered their heaviest losses of the Revolutionary War at the Battle of

captured hundreds of British merchant ships.

The most important contribution of the seagoing privateers during the Revolutionary War was that they

pay extra taxes to fund the war.

To help the British, colonial Loyalists did all of the following except

a negotiated peace treaty with the British.

When the alliance with France was formalized, the Americans were able to gain all of the following except

Abigail Adams

Which individual privately advocated equality for women?

the ceding of most of the Iroquois' land.

The Treaty of Fort Stanwix, the first treaty between the United States and an Indian nation, resulted in