Vocabulary
A person who remianed loyal to the British King.
Loyalist
What happened when the news of the American victory at Saratoga reached France?
France agreed to help the Americans.
Why did congress print more money?
Because the Money became less valuable.
Who carried buckets of water to the soldiers?
a. John Paul Jones
b. Mary McCaulley
c. Nathan Hale
b. Mary McCaulley
A law or set of laws.
Ordinance
A person who has served in the Military.
Veteran
Did the Battle of Saratoga happen before or after the Battle of Trenton?
Why did some African Americans decide to fight in the Revolutionary war?
The hoped to win their own freedom.
Who was the teacher who served as an American spy?
a. Nathan Hale
b. Tadeusz Koscivszko
c. Benedict Arnold
a. Nathan Hale
Charging an estra-high price for a good or service.
Profiteering
A colonist who was against British rule and supported the rebel cause in the American Colonies.
Patriot or Loyalist
Patriot
What happened at Yorktown?
The Americans defeated the British
How were Native Americans divided by the Revolutionary War?
They fought on both sides of the war, or stayed neutral.
Which country helped the Americans win the battle of Yorktown?
a. France
b. Germany
c. Spain
d. the Netherlands
a. France
A person who wanted to end slavery.
Abolish or Abolitionist
Abolitionist
An economic condtiiton which results in an increase in the price of goods.
Inflation or Profeteering
Inflation
How many years after the Battle of Yorktown was the Treaty of Paris signed?
Two Years
Why did Britian move the fighting to the Southern Colonies?
They learned that the French were helping the Americans.
What document changed the way many American viewed slavery?
a. the Declaration of Independance
b. the Treaty of Paris
c. the Northwest Ordinance
d. the Virginia Constitution
a. the Declaration of Independance
Land that belongs to a nation but is not a state and is not represented in the national government.
Territory or Ordinance
Territory
To sign up or join.
Veteran or Enlist
Enlist
In which year was the Battle of Trenton Fought?
1776
How did the Brittish navy cause economic hardship for the colonies?
It set up blockades, which prevented supplies from getting to the colonists.
What was the name of the plan for governing the western lands north of the Ohio River?
a. the Articles of Confederation
b. the Ohio Valley Authority
c. the Northwest Ordinance of 1787
d. the Treaty of Paris
c. the Northwest Ordinance of 1787
An event that causes and important change.
Campaign or Turning Point
Turning Point