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8 Hist BJU Ch 6 Rvw
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1783 | What year did the War for Independence officially end? |
| Baron Von Stueben | Who trained the colonial army while it was quartered for the winter? |
| Battle of Bunker Hill | What battle? 1) Patriots had taken possession of Bunker Hill. 2) Thousands of British soldiers assaulted the Patriot positions. 3) The Patriots ran out of ammunition. |
| Benedict Arnold | Colonial leader who helped at Ticonderoga BUT later became a TRAITOR |
| Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen | Who took Fort Ticonderoga from the British? |
| Benjamin Franklin John Adams John Jay | Who were the men that negotiated for the treaty that ended the War for Independence? |
| British | Who won the Battle of Bunker Hill? |
| Common Sense | What was the pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that helped to convince the colonists that America should separate from Britain? |
| Continental Army | American troops |
| Continental Army | American troops |
| Cornwallis | Only briefly fought @ Yorktown before he surrendered to General Washington. |
| Declaration of Independence | What document was approved on July 4, 1776? |
| did not | After the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the overwhelming majority of Americans [did/did not] support independence. |
| Ethan Allen | Leader of the Green Mountain boys who captured Fort Ticonderoga |
| failed | Did the Patriots' invasion of Canada to capture Quebec succeed or fail? |
| George Rogers Clark | Who captured frontier outposts to give America claim to western regions? |
| Hessians | German mercenaries hired by George III to fight against the American patriots. |
| John Burgoyne | Who was the British general who lost at the Battle of Saratoga? |
| John Paul Jones | American naval commander who said "I have not yet begun to fight." |
| July 4, 1776 | What date was the Declaration of Independence approved? |
| Kings Mountain | Southern frontiersmen that were angered by British demands to lay down their arms, fought back and won a battle at ___________. |
| Land between the Appalachians and the Mississippi River | What land did the U.S. receive after the War for Independence? |
| Loyalists | Colonists who were loyal to Britain were called ________. |
| Marquis de Lafayette | French volunteer soldier who fought with the Americans at Yorktown. |
| mercenaries | What are hired foreign soldiers called? |
| Nathan Hale | Who said "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country"? |
| Nathan Hale | Who was a Patriot schoolteacher who was hanged as a spy by the British while trying to get information to George Washington about what the British were doing in New York? |
| Nathanael Greene | Who was the patriot army quartermaster who replaced General Gates as leader in the South? |
| Olive Branch Petition | What most clearly demonstrated that the colonies wanted to restore a friendly relationship with Britain before an all-out war developed? |
| Patriot Victory at SARATOGA | What forced the British to move their focus to the South? It also won official French support for the Patriot cause. |
| Patriots | Those who wanted independence were called _______. |
| pp. 92-93 Loyalistsd Patriots Neutral Colonies | [ESSAY] Describe the various attitudes of Americans toward the fight for independence and note the reasons for their attitudes. |
| privateers | Armed merchant ships are called __________. |
| Saratoga | "Turning point" in the Revolutionary War. |
| Slow | Americans were ________ to provided the needed supplies and financial support for the colonial army. |
| The Second Continental Congress | What meeting was held in 1775 in Philadelphia, where the colonial leaders sent the Olive Branch Petition to the king and prepared for war? |
| They brought cannons and ammunition from Fort Ticonderoga | How did the Patriots free Boston from the British? |
| Thomas Jefferson | Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence? |
| Thomas Paine | Who was the Revolutionary leader who wrote the pamphlet "Common Sense" (1776) arguing for American independence from Britain? |
| Tories | Americans who remained loyal to Great Britain were called Loyalists or _________. |
| Tories | What was another name for Loyalists? |
| Tories Loyalists Hessians | Who fought WITH the British AGAINST the Patriots? |
| Treaty of Paris | What was signed in 1783, officially ending the War for Independence? |
| Trenton | George Washington and the Continental Army surprised and defeated the Hessians at ________ on Christmas night 1776. |
| Trenton Princeton | Victories in these 2 places gave new hope to the Americans' cause |
| Valley Forge | Place where Washington's army spent their most uncomfortable winter |
| Yes | Did the Americans expect that the Canadians would join in the effort for independence? |
| Yorktown | Cornwallis surrendered to Washington here after fighting only a short time. |
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