Us History Bju Press Ch. 6

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What was the crucial issue behind the War of Independence?

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practical self-government

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What was the main purpose of the Committees of Correspondence?

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to provide news on British thrests to liberty

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What sparked the Coercive Acts?

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the Boston Tea Party

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What was a major accomplishment of the First Continental Congress?

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to assert the rights of the colonies to govern themselves

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What was the major reason that the colonists lost the Battle of Bunker Hill?

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the American soldiers ran out of ammunition

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What did Common Sense advocate?

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independence from Britain

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Why did George Washington attempt to defend New York?

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Giving up the city without a fight would damage support for the war

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Why was Princeton an important victory for Washington?

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It raised the low morale of the army

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Why was the Saratoga campaign an important victory for the Patriots?

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It brought France into the war.

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What act of treason did Benedict Arnold agaree to perform?

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to hand over a fort

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In what area did the "Swamp Fox" help the war effort?

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guerrilla raids

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What unexpected event turned Cornwallis's secure position at Yorktown into a hopeless trap?

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the arrival of a French fleet with reinforcements

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What action did Boston's Patriots take in 1773 when some British ships refused to take their tea back to England?

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the Boston Tea Party

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What term refers to "citizen soldiers" such as the minutemen?

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militia

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What term describes the colonial supporters of the British during the American Revolution?

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Loyalists or Tories

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What treaty brought the American Revolution to an end?

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the Treaty of Paris

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Who was the British general whose army occupied Boston and attacked Concord?

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Thomas Gage

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Who was the Virginian Patriot whose speeches supported the war?

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Patrick Henry

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Who was the Englishman who wrote Common Sense to arouse support for independence?

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Thomas Paine

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Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?

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Thomas Jefferson

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Who was the member of the committee that drafted the Declaration of Independence and an American negotiator for the Treaty of Paris?

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John Adams

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Who was the British general who took New York and Philadelphia but missed his main objective?

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William Howe

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Who was the British general who surrendered his army near Saratoga?

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John Burgoyne

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Who was the British general who surrendered his army at Yorktown?

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Charles Cornwallis

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Who was the commander of the Green Mountain Boys who captured Fort Ticonderoga?

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Ethan Allen

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Who was the commander in chief of the Continental Army?

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George Washington

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Who was the American ordinance chief who surprised the British by transporting heavy artillery to Boston?

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Henry Knox

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Who was the overrated American commander who won at Saratogy but lost at Camden?

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Horatio Gates

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Who was the American leader who was vital in winning the battles of Saratoga and Cowpens?

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Daniel Morgan

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Who was the German drillmaster for the Continental army?

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Baron von Steuben

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Who was the American leader in the Northwest who captured Vincennes?

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Geortge Rogers Clark

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Who was the patriot guerrilla called the "Swamp Fox"?

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Francis Marion

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Who ws the resourceful American commander in the South known as the "Fighting Quaker" who kept the pressure on the British?

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Nathanael Greene

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Who ws the French aristocrat who helped to corner the British at Yorktown?

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Marquis de Lafayette

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the first engagement of the American Revolution was...

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Lexington and Concord

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an early American success that supplied artillery for the foces around Boston was...

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Fort Ticonderoga

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a costly British victory outside Boston was

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Bunker Hill

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a successful winter raid that lifted the morale of the young Continental army

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Trenton

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an unsuccessful attempt to stop the British from taking Philadelphia was

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Brandywine

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the capture of a British army, which encouraged France to join in the war was

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Saratoga campaign

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the Continental army's winter headquarters during the dark winter of 1777-78 was

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Valley Forge

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a draw that proved the new professionalism of the Continental army was

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Monmouth

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During the Boston Tea Party an angry mob attacked the crew of some British ships and stole everything in sight

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false

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The American War of Independence was a revolution fundamentally different from the French and Russian Revolution.

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True

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Englishmen almost universally supported the war against the American colonies.

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false

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At the time of the Olive Branch Petition, the Continental Congress had already decided to separate from Great Britain and establish independent states.

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False

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During the final phase of the war, England turned to the South because it was the center ofopposition against the crown.

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false

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The Treaty of Paris was signed three months after the British surrender at Yorktown.

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false