The main purpose of the Proclamation of Rebellion was to ...
Your answer:
convince
Americans to fight against the British.
declare
the colonies to be in revolt.
declare
the independence of all British colonies
show
sympathy for Bears Fans.
During the Revolutionary War, the Continental Navy was primarily made up
of ...
Your answer:
foreign vessels.
privately owned
vessels.
captured british
ships.
Thomas the tugboats.
Most colonial militia leaders believed that the British army could be
beaten because the ...
Your answer:
British
army officers were generally poorly trained.
Americans
had depleted uranium bombs.
Americans
were fighting for their own land.
British
army was poorly equipped.
Several European countries began to send money, goods, and war materials
to the Americans, largely as a reult of the American victory at ...
Your answer:
the
Battle of the Bulge.
Saratoga.
Valley Forge.
Bunker Hill.
The American victories at Kaskaskia and Vincennes ...
Your answer:
gave
the Americans a claim to lands west of the Appalachian Mountains.
convinced
Spain to enter the war on the side of the British.
had little
impact on the war.
In 1782, a conditional peace treaty between the American colonies and
Great Britain was supported by ...
Your answer:
the
British Parliament.
Lord North
King George III
The Revolutionary War officially ended following the ...
Your answer:
signing
of the Treaty of Paris.
Battle of Saratoga.
capture
of the American ship Bonhomme Richard.
loss to the Packers.
The Articles of Confederation called for a ...
Your answer:
new coach
for the Cubs.
congress
to serve as the central government of the United States.
national
judicial system.
strong central
government.
In the years following the Revolutionary War, slavery became most
widespread in the ...
Your answer:
Southern states.
Middle Atlantic
states.
New England states.
Under the Articles of Confederation, two major weaknesses of the national
government were ...
Your answer:
the
power to control trade and to levy taxes.
lack
of exercise and a poor diet.
a
lack of power to levy taxes and to enforce laws.
the
establishment of a strong executive and a constitution.
Law passed in 1787 that outlined the steps needed for a territory to
become a state.
Your answer:
Breed's Hill
Mercenaries
Common Sense
Northwest Ordinance
Massachusetts farmer who led a farmers' rebellion against heavy taxes.
Your answer:
John Locke
Daniel Shays
General Cornwallis
George Rogers Clark
British commander who was forced to surrender at Yorktown, Virginia, in
1781.
Your answer:
General
Cornwallis
General Benedict
Arnold
George Washington
George Rogers Clark
Leader of an American army on the western frontier that captured Vincennes
from the British in 1779.
Your answer:
John Locke
Thomas Paine
General Cornwallis
George Rogers Clark
American general who planned to turn the American fort at West Point over
to the British.
Your answer:
Benedict Arnold
"Eggs"
Benedict
Tom Arnold
"French" Toast
Soldiers who fought for any country that would hire them.
Your answer:
Breed's
Hill Privates
Northwest
Ordinance Regulars
Mercenaries
British writer whose ideas about freedom and government were used in the
Declaration of Independence.
Your answer:
Daniel Shays
Yale Combination
Thomas Paine
John Locke
British immigrant who wrote Common Sense.
Your answer:
Benedict Arnold
John Locke
Thomas Paine
John Ouch
Actual site of a battle outside Boston where the British won a victory in
June 1775.
Your answer:
Breed's Hill
Kaskaskia
Shaysville
Commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. (NOTE: The
Circular Flow Diagram, GDP Definition, and GDP formula will also be on the c6
test. Practice by going to the 3rd page of www.dpeel.com)
Your answer:
General
Cornwallis
George Bush
Benedict Arnold
George Washington
ENRICHMENT: Go to www.myprojectpages.com In the lower left hand corner for
"Instructor Code" type [240]. Then use Google to find what you feel are
reliable URL's for one of these projects. Copy and paste your URL's along with
a brief description into a Word Document and submit to Mr. Peel. QUESTION: The
"Instructor Code" for myprojectpages.com is...
Your answer:
240
1296
1392
1588