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Social Studies Test Seven

Vocabulary

Question:

is an event that causes an important change


Answer:

turning point



Question:

person who has served


Answer:

veteran



Question:

those that supported the war


Answer:

Patriots



Question:

set of laws


Answer:

ordinance



Question:

the way the British's army way to separate the New England's colonies from the others that never worked


Answer:

campaign



War

Question:

mainly fought in the war because they were promised their freedom in return


Answer:

African Americans



Question:

British blockade at American ports caused what in the colonies during the war


Answer:

shortage of goods



Question:

country that supported the Americans 


Answer:

France



Question:

British hope to finally defeat the colonists in what colonies


Answer:

Southern



Question:

weaknesses of the American Contintental Army


Answer:

no military training and no money



Famous People

Question:

commander of the American Continental Army


Answer:

George Washington



Question:

traitor during the war


Answer:

Benedict Arnold



Question:

first women to be recognized by Congress


Answer:

Margaret Corbin



Question:

commander of the British Army that surrender to George Washington


Answer:

Charles Cornwallis



Question:

who says "I have not yet begun to fight"


Answer:

John Paul Jones



Battles

Question:

where Washington crossed the Delaware and made a surprise attack on the Hesians


Answer:

Trenton



Question:

turning point of the American Revolutionary War


Answer:

Saratoga, New York



Question:

the American victory at Saratoga led what country to help the Contintental Army


Answer:

France



Question:

ending battle of the American Revolutionary War


Answer:

Yorktown, Virginia



Question:

where the Contintental Army suggled through the winter


Answer:

Valley Forge



Other

Question:

during the war some chose a side while others remained neutral


Answer:

Native Americans



Question:

printing of paper money contributed to what


Answer:

inflation



Question:

this was important because it officially ended the Revolutionary War


Answer:

Treaty of Paris



Question:

the right to life and liberty made some people want to stop what


Answer:

slavery



Question:

after the war who lost their lands, some fought back, and others formed treaties which most of which the government broke


Answer:

Native Americans