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8th Grade History
Chap 6 test (6-3, 6-4)
Question | Answer |
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What do you call privately owned warships? | privateers |
Who was the privateer commander? | John Paul Jones |
Who surrendered to John Paul Jones? | Serapis |
What was the worst American defeat of the war? | Charleston |
Where was the American victory, October 1780? | Kings Mountain |
Who led the Patriots' vicoty at Vincennes, which strengthened the American position in the West? | George Rogers Clark |
Why weren't supplies and reinforcements able to reach the Continental Army? | because of a blockade |
The hit-and-run technique of fighting, which caught the British off guars was called what? | guerrilla warfare |
In March 1781 where did Nathaneal Greene's forces meet Charles Cornwallis's army at? | Kings Mountain |
Who was the "Swamp Fox," who was known for his imaginative war tactics? | Francis Marion |
Who was a French Commander? | Comte de Rochambeau |
Who was the British commander at Yorktown? | Charles Cornwallis |
What happened on September 3, 1783? | Treaty of Paris |
Who was the patriot commander in western territories? | Anthony Wayne |
What happened on December 4,1783? | George Washington bid farewell to his troops. |
Where was Charles Cornwallis defeated at, due to George Washington's strategy? | Battle of Yorktown |
What Patriot victory convinced the British that the war was too difficult and costly to pursue? | Battle of Yorktown |
What document did the British recognize the United States as an independent nation in? | Treaty of Paris |
Which foreign troops helped defeat Charles Cornwallis? | French |
The British were attacked in the Mississippi Valley and along the Gulf of Mexico by forces from where? | Spain |