Question | Answer |
who captured a supply of cannon for the Americans? | Benedict Arnold |
where was the cannon stored? | Ticonderoga, New York |
Explain the significance of the Olive Branch Petition? | July 1775 asking George the 3 to overrule Parliament and fix things by declaring colonies in "state of rebellion" August 23,1775 |
who did Congress appoint to be commander -in- Chief of the Continental Army? | Henry Knox |
where did the cannon come from? | Ticonderoga |
what pamphlet was published in January, 1776? | Common Sense |
What did the pamphlet say? | Many Americans that independence is the only choice? |
what was published in July, 1776? | Declaration of independence |
what was the specific date of publication? | July 4, 1776 |
who gets credit for writing the document? | Thomas Jefferson |
explain the significance of Nathan Hale? | wanted to help his country so he became a spy and was executed. " I only regret that i had one life to my country." |
who stopped the British invasion from Canada on Lake Champlain? | Benedict Arnold |
what was the pamphlet was published in December, 1776? | The Crisis |
Who wrote the pamphlet? | Thomas Paine |
What did the pamphlet say? | Americans to keep up the fight. |
where did General Washington win two victories in December, 1776? | Trenton and Princeton, New Jersey. |
what was the significance? | he crossed Delaware river. it worked and captured Hessian,supplies, and boosted morale nation wide |
who was named ambassador to France? | Benjamin Franklin |
What was he trying to convince the French to do? | Declare was against England and help the fight |
what did the France say the Americans had to do in order to get open help from France? | needed a European style victory |
where did the Americans win in a major victory in Oct, 1777? | second battle of Saratoga |
What made this battle a turning point in the war? | France signs peace treaty of assistance with U.S. to join the war against England,Spain, And Hollnad |
what general led the Americans in this victory? | Francis |
Who was Lafayette | French nobleman who volunteered to fight for Americans |
where did General Washington's army spend the winter of 1777-78? | Valley Forge, Pennsylvania |
what was the significance of this winter camp? | beginning of hard feelings between veterans and Congress |
who taught Continental Army how to use bayonets and perform close-order drill? | Steuben |
who took control of the Ohio Valley form the British> | George Rockers Clark |
Who was governor of Spanish Texas? | Bernado de Galvez |
what did this man do to help the Americans? | cattle drives attacks British in Ohio Valley, Florida, and Georgia. |
who was the most successful ship's captain in the American navy? | John Paul Jones |
what did Benedict Arnold do in September,1780? | Turn the fort over to the British |
why did he do that? | hurts feelings over not being promoted after Saratoga and other fights, plus needed money for fancy wife. |
where did the British concentrate their war effort in the summer of 1780? | South |
where did American Gen. Horatio Gates run away from the British in August of 1780? | Outside Camden |
who fought each other at the Battle of King's Mountain? | loyalists militias and patriots |
who was a leader in the guerrilla war against the British in the south? | Francis Marion |
who took over command of the Continental Army in the South? | Nathanael Greene |
where did col. Daniel Morgan fight col. Tarleton? | south Carolina, Battle of cow pins. |
Who won? | Morgan |
how did the winner win? | three -tiered defense, using weak militias in front fire two volleys then run away. |
in what battle did gen. Cornwallis lose control the confidence of his army? | Guilford Courthouse, North Carolina |
how did Cornwallis lose confidence? | Order artillery to kill his own men. |
where did Cornwallis take his army after this battle? | Yorktown, Virginia |
what did the french fleet do to help the Americans? | Blockade Chesapeake Bay |
who took command of the American army outside Yorktown? | Washington and Lafayette |
how did the Americans win at Yorktown? | Siege |
on what date did the British Army at Yorktown surrender? | Oct 19, 1781 |
what general surrendered in Yorktown? | Cornwallis |
what was the result of this American victory? | American Revolution ended |
what treaty officially end the American Revolution? | Treaty of Paris |
List the terms of the treaty: | U.S independent, fishing rights, debts, abolish slavery |
where was the battle of Bunker Hill fought? | Boston |
on what date did Bunker Hill fought? | June 17,1775 |
what american leader built the defense on the beach, to the left of the main fortification? | John Stark |
what did the man tell his militia about when to shoot at the British? | don't shoot til you see the whites of their eyes. |
how many times did the British attack the American fortification? | 3 times |
who won the American fortification? | British |
what happened that enabled the winners to win? | Americans were running out of ammunition. |
what did the British control as a result of this battle? | Boston and Bunker Hill |
What did the Americans control? | High ground around Boston. |