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WorksheetsCh. 6 Study Guide
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 22mins
The British promised to withdraw all troops from American territory in the
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of America
Treaty of Great Britain
Treaty of the Patriots
On Christmas night 1776, the Patriots scored a victory at
Philadelphia
Germantown
Trenton
Saratoga
________ of Massachusetts disguised herself as a boy and enlisted in the army.
Molly Pitcher
Rosy Riveter
Deborah Sampson
Margaret Corbin
On February 1778, the ________ and the Americans worked out a trade agreement and an alliance.
British
Indians
Spanish
French
Loyalist strength was strongest in
New England
the Carolina's and Georgia
the Ohio River valley
New York
British general William Howe's Winter camp was in
Washington D. C.
Boston
Philadephia
Valley Forge
Which man did not represent the Americans at the peace talks in Paris?
John Jay
Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
George Washington
King George III agreed to give the Americans their freedom after the victory at
Vincennes
Saratoga
New York
Yorktown
Enslaved Africans who fought on the _______ side were given freedom.
Hessians
French
Americans
British
The hit-and-run technique of fighting, which caught the British off guard, is called
Hit-And-Run Warfare
Guerrilla Warfare
Ghost Warfare
Sniper Warfare
To spy on the British, which Patriot disguised himself as a teacher?
Patrick Henry
Peter Salem
Thomas Paine
Nathan Hale
People taking neither side in the war was said to be
Neutral
Tories
Americans
Clueless
What was the name given to Americans who supported independence?
Separatists
Patriots
Loyalists
Tories
The ________ sent troops that helped defeat the British at Yorktown.
Tories
Hessians
British
French
The British army was commanded by ________ and was camped in Yorktown.
John Paul Jones
William Howe
Benedict Arnold
Charles Cornwallis
Which Patriot's famous words were "I have not yet begun to fight"?
John Paul Jones
Paul Revere
Patrick Henry
Thomas Paine
George Washington's greatest challenge at _______ was keeping his army together.
Yorktown
Savannah
Valley Forge
Charleston
By the end of the war, African Americans were enlisted in every state except
Georgia
North Carolina
Maryland
South Carolina
An essay writer named Judith Sergeant Murray argued for ______ education.
Women's
Children's
Slave's
Indian's
Due to George Washington's strategy, Cornwallis was defeated at the Battle of _________. This convinced the British that the war was too difficult and costly to pursue.
Yorktown
Charleston
Trenton
Saratoga
Americans who remained loyal to Great Britain were called Loyalists or
Separatists
Britain's Fools
Tories
Patriots
The Hessian main goal for winning the war was
money
citizenship
freedom
land
Inflation was the problem that caused Congress to stop issuing paper money.
Spending
National Debt
Saving
Inflation
In 1780, where did the Patriots suffer their worst defeat of the war?
Yorktown
Kings Mountain
Charles Town
Trenton
The final Treaty of _______ was signed on September 3, 1783. Great Britain recognized the United States as an independent nation.
Britain
Boston
Paris
London
After the war, George Washington
moved to New York
became a senator
returned to Mount Vernon
ran for political office
Francis Marion, was known as the __________.
Swamp Fox
Swamp Ghost
Ghost Fox
Land Fox
The _______ aided the Patriots by attacking the British in the Mississippi Valley and along the Gulf of Mexico.
Hessians
Spanish
Indians
Tories
William Howe planned to capture the American capital, which was located in
Boston
Philadelphia
New York City
Washington, D.C.
On October 17, 1777, General _______ surrendered at Saratoga.
Howe
Cornwallis
Washington
Burgoyne
_______ turned the ragged Continental Army into a more effective fighting force.
Marquis de Lafayette
Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
Friedrich von Steuben
In March 1781 Nathaniel Greene's forces met Charles Cornwallis's army at?
Charleston
Yorktown
Guilford Courthouse
Cowpens
Where did the Patriot forces endure a winter of terrible suffering?
Valley Forge
Yorktown
Saratoga
Philadelphia
_________ made clothes for the troops and cared for the sick at Valley Forge.
Molly Pitcher
Deborah Sampson
Abigail Adams
Martha Washington
________ was the first to have an all-African American regiment in 1778.
South Carolina
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Kentucky
The French nobleman who became Washington's trusted aide was
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Paine
Francis Marion
the Marquis de Lafayette
In September 1780, at the Battle at _________, The Patriots won the battle and forced the British retreat.
Kings Mountain
Yorktown
Concord
Cowpens
The _________ blockade prevented supplies and reinforcements from reading the Continental Army.
British
French
Hessian
Spanish
Privateers were privately owned merchant ships equipped with _________.
Food
Supplies
Weapons
Money
Loyalist strength was weakest in
Georgia
the South
New York
New England
"These are the times that try men's souls," was written by
Thomas Jefferson
William Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Paine
On December 4, ________ said farewell to his officers at Fraunces' Tavern in Manhattan.
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
Many ________, were treated badly and fled the American colonies to England during the Revolutionary War.
Spanish
Indians
Slaves
Loyalists
George Rogers Clark forced Henry Hamilton's surrender at
Fort Detroit
Vincennes
Fort Miami
Saratoga
The French announced support for the United States after the American victory at
Saratoga
Valley Forge
Boston
Philadelphia
