Ch 06 Study Guide
6.1
Olive Branch
Petition
Green Mountain
Boys
Continental Army
Patriot
Loyalist
Battle of Bunker
Hill
blockade
mercenary
King George III
George
Washington
Continental
Congress
Lexington &
Concord
How did Congress struggle between peace and war with Britain?
What advantages did each side have as it entered the war?
How did the Continental Army gain control of Boston?
6.2
Common Sense
traitor
Declaration of
Independence
Preamble
Natural rights
Thomas Paine
Richard Henry Lee
Thomas Jefferson
July 4, 1776
How did Common Sense influence the colonists?
What steps did Congress take to declare independence?
What are the main ideas of the Declaration of Independence?
6.3
Battle of Long
Island
Battle of Trenton
Battle of Saratoga
ally
cavalry
Valley Forge
Nathan Hale
General John
Burgoyne
Benjamin Franklin
Louis XVI
Marquis de
Lafayette
Friedrich von
Steuben
Thaddeus
Kosciusko
Casimir Pulaski
What battles were fought in New York and New Jersey?
How did the Battle of Saratoga mark a turning point in the war?
What hardships did the Continental Army suffer at Valley Forge?
6.4
Mary Ludwig Hays
Peter Salem
George Rogers
Clark
Bernardo de
Galvez
John Paul Jones
Handy Betsy the
Blacksmith
Martha
Washington
Betsy Ross
Molly Pitcher
Prince Estabrook
Saul Matthews &
James Armistead
What role did women play in the war?
What choices did African Americans have?
How was the war fought on the frontier and at sea?
6.5
Battle of Cowpens
guerrilla
siege
Battle of Yorktown
Treaty of Paris
ratify
Henry Clinton
Charles Cornwallis
Enlightenment
Nathanael Greene
Daniel Morgan
Francis Marion
Benedict Arnold
Comte de
Rochambeau
Why did Britain decide to start fighting in the South?
How did the Americans and French defeat the British at the Battle of Yorktown?
What were the terms of the Treaty of Paris?
What factors helped the Americans win the war?