History test 2 Part 2
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- To settle by agreeing that each will give up a part of what he demands is
- compromise
- The Patriots captured Boston by installing
- a cannon overlooking Boston
- The Second Continental Congress appointed BLANK as commander-in-chief of the colonial army.
- Washington
- The Congress adopted the BLANK, begging Parliament not to break from the colonies until a compromise could be worked out.
- Olive Branch Petition
- Soldiers who are paid to fight for someone
- mercenaries
- German soldiers who fought in the Revolutionary War
- Hessians
- The British general at the Battle of Bunker Hill
- General Gage
- Ethan Allen and his army captured
- Fort Ticonderoga
- Canada was invaded by the combined forces of
- Benedict Arnold and Montogomery
- Thomas Paine wrote the pamphlet BLANK which called for the colonies to break away from BLANK
- Common Sense, Great Britain
- In the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson asserts that the rights of men are:
- theirs from birth
- The Virginian who introduced a resolution calling for freedom and independence from Great Britain was
- Lee
- The Virginian who was asked to draw up a declaration for independence
- Thomas Jefferson
- The Continental Congress could not provide the army with proper equipment because it couldn't
- levy taxes
- The money issued by the congress wasn't worth much because it didn't have
- gold or silver
- Weaknesses of the Patriot army were:
- lack of organization, trained soldiers, equipment
- colonist who opposed independence for the American colonies at the time of the American Revolutionary War
- Loyalist
- an agreement, especially one between nations, signed and approved by each nation
- treaty
- a person, group, or nation united with another for some special purpose
- ally
- What were five important sites or battles in the Revolutionary War?
- New York, Trenton, Saratoga, Philidelphia, Princeton
- Loyalists supported
- British
- Tory" is another name for
- Loyalist
- Cornwallis was a lieutenant in the
- British Army
- In July, 1776, Howe defeated
- Washington at NY
- Washington defeated Cornwallis
- in Trenton
- T or F The British thought that by invading New York at Lake Champlain and proceeding down the Hudson River to New York City, they would divide the colonies and shatter American morale.
- True
- What three factors made possible the victory of America in the Revolutionary War?
- allies, leaders, heart
- T or F Valley Forge was a high point in the American Revolution
- False
- Washington made von Steuben
- Inspector General
- Von Steuben aided the Patriots by teaching the soldiers how to:
- drill, march, switch ranks, fight prof.
- T or F The British maintained their occupation of Philadelphia since it gave them such a tremendous military advantage
- False
- T or F The Patriots achieved a clear victory at the Battle of Monmouth by soundly defeating the British forces.
- False
- T or F Congress designated the hero of Saratoga, General Horatio Gates, as the new commander in the South
- True
- T or F The colonial forces under Gates' command fought bravely against the British at Camden, South Carolina.
- False
- The new commander who replaced Gates in the South was
- Nathaniel Greene
- George Rogers Clark captured the British frontier forts in the present states of
- Illinois and Indiana
- T or F Clark was not able to maintain his hold on the fort in Vincennes, and it was retaken by Colonel Hamilton and his troops.
- True
- T or F Clark surprised Colonel Hamilton by attacking Vincennes in the winter and recapturing the fort.
- True
- Clark's victories gave the Americans a hold on the land between
- Great lakes, Ohio River, Mississippi River
- During the Revolutionary War, only about BLANK ships were in the United States Navy.
- 40
- John Paul Jones replied to the captain of the Serapis,
- I have not yet bagun to fight
- An armed ship privately owned but armed for war
- privateer
- The French ship in the most famous sea fight of the Revolutionary War was commanded by
- John Paul jones
- Benedict Arnold planned to turn the American fort of BLANK over to Major Andre.
- West Point
- Benedict Arnold had a leading part in the
- Battle of Saratoga
- Nathan Hale said
- "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country
- captured the west from the British
- George Rogers Clark
- gave his life for his country
- Nathan Hale
- traitor
- Benedict Arnold
- defeated the British navy
- John Paul Jones
- was the British commander at Vincennes
- Colonel Hammilton
- Cornwallis was convinced that in order to hold the Carolinas, he would have to take
- Virginia
- Cornwallis was defeated at Yorktown because:
- Americans kapt the relief from coming
- T or F If the British had accepted the Olive Branch Petition, the Revolutionary War might have been averted.
- True
- T or F Although the colonial army lacked equipment and money at the beginning of the war, Congress could levy taxes which would alleviate the problem.
- False
- T or F The British general at the Battle of Bunker Hill was Horatio Gates.
- False
- T or F Patriots not only backed England's actions, they also aided the British army by giving them food and money.
- Fasle
- T or F The victory at Trenton was important because it caused France to sign a treaty with America that would provide the aid America so desperately needed.
- Flase
- The British attempt to cut New England off from the rest of the colonies failed when Burgoyne surrendered his army at Saratoga.
- True
- T or F Lord Grenville's program included the Virginia Resolves.
- False
- T or F The first tax levied by England on the colonists was the Stamp Tax.
- True
- Breed's Hill
- Battle at Bunker Hill
- seized Fort Ticonderoga
- Ethan Allen
- Declaration of Independence
- Thomas Jefferson
- secured the western lands
- George Rogers Clark
- The Proclamation Act of 1763:
- closed the lands west of the Allegheny Mountains to settlers
- The British commander who surrendered at Yorktown
- Cornwalis
- The colonist who convinced the French to aid the colonies
- Jefferson