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What made Robert shurtliff of Massachusetts an atypical member of the continental army? |
He was a women disguised as a man |
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Where did delegates from all the the colonies meet to discuss their course of action after the skirmishes at Lexington and concord? |
Second Continental Congress |
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What was the inti goal of the Second Continental Congress |
Raise and supply an army |
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Why did delegates to the second Continental Congress remain reluctant to break with Britain in 1775? |
The delegates worried that independence would destroy political stability |
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The delegates to the second Continental Congress chose George Washington as commander in chief because |
They wanted to show England that there was commitment to wars outside New England |
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Which statement characterizes the Continental dollars authorized by the Congress in 1775? |
The dollars were merely paper backed by non precious metals |
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What was the significance of the battle of bunker hill? |
The British won a very costly battle |
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What did the British general william Howe do after the victory at bunker hill? |
He retreated to Boston |
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In the olive branch petition of July 1775 congressional moderates proposed that |
American colonial assembles be recognized as individual parliaments |
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In his radical pamphlet common sense, Thomas Paine encouraged Americans to |
Declare independence from Great Britain |
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In their revisions to the Declaration of Independence, Georgia and South Carolina removed |
Any mention of slavery |
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What was the significance of the New York delegates endorsement of the Declaration of Independence in July 15 1776 |
The resolution for independence had passed unanimously |
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What obstacle did the British army face in the revolutionary war? |
It was difficult to supply their army with food and supplies because the Atlantic is a lot of miles across |
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The British goal in fighting the war in America was to |
Regain colonial allegiance |
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How did the Congress raise the necessary troops for the Continental army |
It offered land grants to those who committed for the wars duration |
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Women served in the Continental army by |
Performing domestic tasks |
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As manpower needs in the Continental army increased, |
Free blacks were welcomed into service in the northern states |
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What was one of the many weaknesses of the Continental army? |
It was always under manned |
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What was the American strategy in the war with Britain |
Turn back and defeat the invading army |
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What was the significance of the Continental army’s campaign in Montreal and Quebec |
It showed that the war was more ham a reaction to the invasion of Massachusetts |
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In the fall of 1776 the British hired 8,000 hessian mercenaries and |
Concentrated their military might in New York |
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The Continental army enjoyed its first victory over the British on Christmas night in 1776, when the Americans |
Surprised the hessians in New Jersey |
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At the time of the war with Britain white women |
Began to participate in politics through discussion and fundraising |
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Many of the most visible and dedicated loyalist( also called tories by their enemies) came from which group? |
Wealthy merchants |
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How did American Indians respond to the outbreak of the revolutionary war |
They hoped at first to stay neutral before being forced to chose sides |
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Thayendanegea (known also by his English name, Joseph brant) was a leader of which Indian tribe |
Mohawk |
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Which of the following was a treasonable act as defined by state laws in 1775 and 1776 |
Supplying the British army |
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During the revolution, punishment for a treasonable act might include |
The suspension of voting privileges |
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How did the British army treat prisoners of war? |
British leaders treated prisoners worse than criminals |
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What proportion of revolutionary war fatalities occurred on British prison ships? |
More than the number killed in battle |
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What was the economic result of the Continental Congress’s decision to issue paper money? |
Money became devalued |
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As the currency depreciated, the Continental Congress paid soldiers by |
Issuing certificates of land grants |
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In August 1777, instead of sailing north on the Hudson River, general Howe chose which surprising military strategy? |
He sailed to Philadelphia |
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What did the British government do after capturing Philadelphia in September 1777 |
Proposed a negotiated settlement that did not include American independence |
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During the winter of 1777-78 the Continental army’s morale was |
Low because corruption was undermining the patriots cause |
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Relationships between Americans and Indians during the war were increasingly characterized by |
violent anti-Indian campaigns |
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Who led a group of Kentucky militiamen dressed as Indians in an attack at kaskasia |
George rogers Clark |
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Why did Indian tribes ally with the Americans as the war wore on? |
They realized the likelihood of American victory |
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Why was general John Burgoyne’s defeat at the battle of Saratoga a decisive moment in the revolutionary war ? |
It brought France into the war on the side of the patriots |
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Why did France ally with the Americans after the battle of Saratoga |
It saw and opportunity to defeat England |
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What immediate impact did the Americans alliance with French have on the British during the revolutionary war? |
The commander of the British navy argued for abandoning the war |
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Where did British troops achieve victory at the beginning of their campaign in the South in 1778 and 1780 |
Georgia and South Carolina |
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Where did the Americans suffer their worst defeat if the revolutionary war? |
Camden, South Carolina |
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How did news of Benedict Arnolds treason affect the revolutionary war? |
Arnold’s treason inspired renewed patriotism in America |
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How did battle tactics in the South change after Gates defeat and Arnold’s treason? |
Guerrilla war fare erupted across the southern back country |
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After the general Charles Cornwallis achieved the upper hand in Virginia, the balance of power in the battle field changed dramatically because |
The French gave military support to Washington |
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Which event led to the end of the revolutionary war at Yorktown |
The French forces taking control of the Chesapeake |
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What was the content of the first article of treaty of Paris? |
The king recognized the independence of the United States |
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What did the peace between the Americans and the British that began in 1783 mean for the Indians? |
Only a temporary lull in fighting |
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After five and half years of fighting, how long did it take to negotiate peace and evacuate the British from its former colonies? |
Two years |
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