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hist. chapter 6 test
american history chapter 6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Olive Branch Petition | pledging loyalty to Britain if they grant them rights and freedom. |
| Green Mountain Boys | Vermont colonial militia led by Ethan Allen, which made a surprise attack on Fort Ticonderoga, giving Americans control of the key route into Canada. |
| Patriot | favors american colonists (regular citizen) |
| Loyalist | Loyal to Britain |
| Patriot Advantages | they were fighting for their homes and families, they had the leadership of George Washington who whips the army into shape, and they had skilled shooters and riflemen because they had to hunt food, build homes, etc., in the woods. |
| British Advantages | they had trained soldiers, more supplies, a navy, and support of loyalists |
| Battle of Bunker hill | 1775, the first major battle of the Revolution |
| blockade | the shutting of a port to keep people or supplies from moving in or out. |
| mercenary | person who fights merely for pay, often for a foreign country |
| radical | person who wants to make drastic changes in society |
| traitor | person who betrays his or her country |
| The Declaration of Independence | a 1776 document stating that the 13 English colonies were a free and independent nation |
| Natural Rights | rights that belong to all people from birth |
| three promises of the Declaration of INdependence | Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness |
| The battle of Long island | New York, Howe defeats Washington and gained control of New York |
| The Battle of Trention | New Jersey, Washington crosses the Delaware River to surprise the Hessians (Christmas) |
| The Battle of Princeton | New Jersey, George Washington tricked Corn Wallas and captures Princeton. The trick was that Washington kept the campfires burning at night to make the British think that they were still there |
| Battle of Brandywine | Pennsylvania, Howe defeats Americans on his way to Philidelphia |
| Battle of Saratoga | New York, Burgoyne surrenders and the Americans have one. This was the turning point of the war because this France joins the Americans |
| Ally | to form a political alliance to achieve a common goal |
| What did the British offer African Americans if they joined their army? | The British offered freedom to some male slaves who would serve the king |
| Explain Washington's enlistment policy regarding African Americans | HE asked congress to allow free African Americans to enlist |
| Bernardo de Galvez | Spanish man who was the governor of Spanish Louisiana. He favored the Patriots and secretly supplied them with medicine, cloth, gunpowder, and muskets. seized British forts along the Mississippi & Gulf of Mexico |
| John Paul Jones | captain of the greatest sea victory (September 1779) on the North Sea (next to England). he captured the British Warship, Serpis |
| Why did British General Clinton focus on the south? | he sees loyalists |
| General Greene | took control of Southern division of continental army. He splits the army into two parts, and give one to Morgan |
| Cernal Morgan | he is one rank under Greene, and he leads one half of the continental army |
| How did geography help the Americans strategy? | they based their military strategy on local geography (rough terrain, lots of trees) and they knew the land a better than the British did |
| The Battle of Cowpens | Cernal Morgan used unconventional tactics. He put his militia up front, then sent then running. He hid his regulars behind a hill. He baits the British and the Americans win |
| The Battle of Guilford Courthouse | Greene and Morgan meet and combine forces. The British win, but more British died than Americans |
| Guerilla Tactics | the use of hit and run, unconventional, tactics |
| Failure of Britain's Southern Strategy | Cornwallis thought they could use loyalists to supplement their troops. There were three major reasons for failure, we used Guerilla warfare, he did not know the terrain, and the Americans had good leaders |
| How did geography help the Americans strategy? | they based their military strategy on local geography (rough terrain, lots of trees) and they knew the land a better than the British did |
| The Battle of Cowpens | Cernal Morgan used unconventional tactics. He put his militia up front, then sent then running. He hid his regulars behind a hill. He baits the British and the Americans win |
| The Battle of Guilford Courthouse | Greene and Morgan meet and combine forces. The British win, but more British died than Americans |
| Guerilla Tactics | the use of hit and run, unconventional, tactics |
| Failure of Britain's Southern Strategy | Cornwallis thought they could use loyalists to supplement their troops. There were three major reasons for failure, we used Guerilla warfare, he did not know the terrain, and the Americans had good leaders |
| The Battle of Yorktown | |
| How did geography help the Americans strategy? | they based their military strategy on local geography (rough terrain, lots of trees) and they knew the land a better than the British did |
| The Battle of Cowpens | Cernal Morgan used unconventional tactics. He put his militia up front, then sent then running. He hid his regulars behind a hill. He baits the British and the Americans win |
| The Battle of Guilford Courthouse | Greene and Morgan meet and combine forces. The British win, but more British died than Americans |
| Guerilla Tactics | the use of hit and run, unconventional, tactics |
| Failure of Britain's Southern Strategy | Cornwallis thought they could use loyalists to supplement their troops. There were three major reasons for failure, we used Guerilla warfare, he did not know the terrain, and the Americans had good leaders |
| The Battle of Yorktown | Cornwallis sent British troops to attack Charlottesville. The Americans did not have enough troops for a major battle. Then, Cornwallis disregarded an order to go to New York, and instead went to Pennsylvania. Washington saw an opportunity to trap him |
| General Cornwallis | British General, Battle of Yorktown |
| French help at Yorktown | a French fleet under Admiral de Grasse was heading toward Virginia. they closed the trap from the water so Cornwallis was trapped by land and sea |
| Terms of the Treaty of Paris (1783) | British recognized the united states as an independent nation and the Americans asked the state legislatures to pay Loyalists for property they had lost in the war. |
| Borders of independent nation | Spain gets Florida, Atlantic Ocean Eastern border and the Mississippi River was the Western border. The British kept Canada, and the Great Lakes was the Southern border. |
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