Chapter 6 Review

Which battle was a turning point for the Americans to gain the support of the French?

• Saratoga

• New York

• Bunker Hill

• Camden

Other than France, what European country agreed to aid the Americans in their fight for independence?

• Spain

• Portugal

• Ireland

• The Netherlands

Washington and the Continental Army spent their winters at which place?

• Philadelphia

• Valley Forge

• Trenton

• Quebec

One leader at Valley Forge who was inspired by the Declaration of Independence was

• Marquis de Lafayette

• Casimir Pulaski

• Benedict Arnold

• Thaddeus Kosciuszko

The former Prussian general who helped instill discipline into the Continental Army was

• Friedrich von Stueben

• Casimir Pulaski

• Juan de Miralles

• Thaddeus Kosciuzko

Because of the men fighting at war, how were families affected?

• Men who worked weren't making money for their families

• Children didn't have a father in the house

• Wives had to do the housework and farm work

• All of these were effects on the families of soldiers

Inflation occurred during the war because

• The government couldn't raise taxes and printed a lot of money

• Britain forced inflation on the colonists

• The US realized they were outmatched and thought about surrendering

• Women had to take over the jobs of men

One woman who questioned women's role in society was

• Martha Washington

• Abigail Adams

• Elizabeth Adams

• Dorothy Hancock

The first legislature to adopt a plan to gradually free slaves was from the colony of

• Massachusetts

• Pennsylvania

• Georgia

• New York

Many Loyalists who faced persecution in the colonies fled to English owned

• Florida

• North Carolina

• Louisiana

• Mexico