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Ch. 6 Revolution
Test Review
Question | Answer |
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prevented supplies being shipped to Boston | Intolerable Acts |
stuffed figures | effigies |
information designed to influence opinion | propaganda |
"One if by land, two if by sea" refers to which event? | Paul Revere' Ride |
The French announced support for the United States (turning point of the war) after this Patriot victory | Saratoga |
The "shot heard round the world" refers to what event | Lexington and Concord |
The Hessians’ main reason for fighting the war was | money |
Which type of colonists sided with Britain? | Loyalists |
British General Charles Cornwallis was defeated at | Battle of Yorktown |
Which foreign troops helped Patriots defeat British forces at Yorktown? | French |
The British agreed to recognize the United States as an independent nation after the Americans’ victory at | Yorktown |
This petition demonstrated the colonists’ desire for peace? | Olive Branch Petition |
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? | Thomas Jefferson |
Who refused to receive the Olive Branch Petition? | King George III |
Which colonists wanted to fight the British for American independence? | Patriots |
After winning which battle did the British learn that defeating the Americans would not be easy? | Bunker Hill |
What happened when three East India Company ships arrived in Boston Harbor in 1773? | Sons of Liberty dumped 342 cases into the sea, known as Boston Tea Party |
Patriot militia ready to fight at a moment's notice | minutemen |
Nickname for the British soldiers | Redcoats |
What made the American troops perform so well in such terrible weather? | the example shown by George Washington |
refusal to buy | boycott |
Going against authority | Rebellion |
Statement or action expressing disapproval | Protest |
Hit and Run war techniques | Guerrilla warfare |
united protesters opposed to British rule | committees of correspondence |