Chapter 6 Review

Led guerrilla attacks against the British in the South.

• Lord Charles Cornwallis
• Bernardo de Galvez
• Thomas Paine
• Francis Marion

A civilian ship that has its government's permission to raid enemy ships.

• privateer
• traitor
• pirate
• merchant

A formal agreement between two powers to work together towards a common goal.

• contract
• alliance
• hardy handshake
• each other's word

wrote a pro-independence pamphlet titled Common Sense.

• Lord Charles Cornwallis
• Thomas Jefferson
• Thomas Paine
• Francis Marion

The Declaration of Independence is divided into a preamble and three main parts. The first main section (after the preamble)

• details a long list of specific complaints against King George III.
• states some general ideas about society and government.
• declares that the colonies are "free and independent states."
• state that King George III must be considered "unfit to be the ruler of a free people".

What was the main purpose of the Declaration of Independence?

• to set forth the structure of the United States government
• to declare the separation of the United States from Britain
• to declare the rights of the individual
• to list complaints against King George III

Which battle in the Middle States was a major turning point in the Revolution?

• the Battle of Princeton
• the Battle of Yorktown
• the Battle of Saratoga
• the Battle of Long Island

Which country was the first to sign a treaty of alliance with the United States?

• the Netherlands
• Poland
• Spain
• France

The Virginia resolution, proclaiming that the colonies were "free and independent states," was introduced to Congress by

• Benjamin Franklin
• Thomas Jefferson
• John Adams
• Richard Henry Lee

During the American Revolution, most Native American groups

• remained neutral.
• sided with the British.
• sided with the Americans.
• switched loyalties at least once.