Week 6 U.S. History: America's War for Independence 1775-1783

 

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U.S. History Chapter 6

America’s War for Independence, 1775-1783

I designed a quiz related to chapter 6 at the bottom of this article.

Directions for the quiz:

• Scroll down & click on the first thumbnail to enlarge to full screen.
• Choose an answer for each question.
• Click on the graphic to advance to the next screen.
• The correct answer is on the screen following the question.
• Compare your answers with those provided.
• If you cannot easily see the correct answer, check the captions.

Review the following Chapter 6 pages:

• Introduction
• Britain’s Law-and-Order Strategy and Its Consequences
• The Early Years of the Revolution
• War in the South
• Identity during the American Revolution
• Key Terms
• Summary

Practice learning Chapter 6 Key Terms on Quizlet.

Week 6 Videos:

• Who Were the Minutemen (4:29)
• Battles of Lexington & Concord (1:31)
• Concord Hymn by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1:12)
• Crash Course: The American Revolution Black American History (11:29)
• Thomas Paine’s Common Sense Inspires a Nation (2:40)
• History Channel: Declaration of Independence (3:59)
• TED-ed: What you might not know about the Declaration of Independence (3:38)
• Crash Course: The Natives and the English (11:26)
• Women in the American Revolution (1:13)
• Thomas Paine’s The American Crisis (4:51)
• History Brief: The Battle of Saratoga (3:52)
• History Brief: The Battle of Yorktown (4:16)
• Hamilton Yorktown (4:07)
• Forgotten Voices - Sybil Ludington (2:16)
• PBS: The Treaty of Paris (4:38)
• Consider watching Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda.

Review the following information featuring the U.S.:

• Delaware (6:43)
• Florida (7:34)
• PBS: Martin Van Buren (1:35)
• Martin Van Buren: The Irony of 1840
• History Channel: Hannah Hoes Van Buren
• History Channel: Not Every First Lady Has Been Married to the President
• PBS: William Henry Harrison (1:31)
• William Henry Harrison: The Windy Inaugural
• History Channel: Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison

Additional Resources:

• Chapter 6 Review Questions
• Chapter 6 Critical Thinking Questions
• Chapter 6 Partial Answer Key

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U.S. History Week 6 America’s War for Independence 1775-1783 

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What was the primary reason the British Empire sought
added revenue from their American colonies after 1763?
Answer choices include:
They needed extra funds to pay for slave labor.
They incurred debt from the French & Indian War.
They wanted their Amican colonies to pay the country's bills.
They wanted to invest in diamonds & rubies.

The correct answer is: They incurred debt from the French & Indian War.

In May 1774, the British sent General ___ to be
 the new royal governor of Massachusetts.
Answer choices include: Thomas Gage, George Washington,
Lord North, Benedict Arnold

The correct answer is Thomas Gage.

Who became the Commander in Chief of the
Continental Army on June 15, 1775?
Answer choices include: Lord Dunmore,
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Ethan Allen, George Washington

The correct answer is George Washington.

Dunmore’s Proclamation offered freedom to enslaved persons
& indentured servants who were loyal to the king & willing to fight in ___.
Answer choices include: Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Georgia

The correct answer is Virginia.

Who wrote an argument for independence
and popular sovereignty called Common Sense?
Answer choices include: Ralph Waldo Emerson,
King George III, Thomas Paine, John Adams

The correct answer is Thomas Paine.

In 1776, British armies planned to isolate
three areas to force submission.
Which was NOT one of these areas?
Answer choices include: Fort Oswego,
New York City, Montreal, Boston

The correct answer is Boston.

For seven years, ___ was the headquarters for the British military
& a haven for those who were loyal to the Throne.
Answer choices include: Philadelphia, New York City, Montreal, Salem

The correct answer is New York City.

General George Washington’s troops were victorious
after a surprise attack on ____ in 1776.
Answer choices include:
New Year's Day, Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas

The correct answer is Christmas.

Who trained Washington’s troops in 1778?
Answer choices include: Tecumseh, Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben,
George Clinton, John Burgoyne

The correct answer is Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben.

The 1777 Battle of ___ marked a major turning
point of the war in America’s favor.
Answer choices include: Saratoga,
Fort Ticonderoga, Brandywine Creek, Charleston

The correct answer is Saratoga.

Lord George Germain believed he could get support
for Britain from all of the following in the South EXCEPT:
Answer choices include: Native American allies,
women, loyalists, enslaved persons

The correct answer is women.

In what city did America suffer its greatest loss in 1780?
Answer choices include: Boston, Cowpens, Charleston, Yorktown

The correct answer is Charleston.

In 1781, a siege that lasted ____ preceded the
British surrender at the Battle of Yorktown.
Answer choices include: 8 hours, 8 days, 80 days, 8 weeks

The correct answer is 8 days.

In April 1782, all of the following EXCEPT ___
began informal peace negotiations in France.
Answer choices include: John Adams,
George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay

The correct answer is George Washington.

The ___ acts allowed the new American government
the right to take Loyalist property and land.
Answer choices include: liberation,
rightful owner, land and property, confiscation

The correct answer is confiscation.

Approximately how many colonists moved to
England, British West Indies, or Canada after the Revolution?
Answer choices include: 5,000; 50,000; 10,000; 100,000

The correct answer is 100,000.

All enslaved people who fought for the
Patriot cause received their freedom.
Answer choices include: true, false

The correct answer is false.

The Treaty of Paris granted the United States
significant regions that were actually Native lands.
Answer choices include: true, false

The correct answer is true.

____ was/were the first American paper money.
By 1781, it’s value had dropped significantly.
Answer choices include:
Pounds, Reals, Continental currency, Euros

The correct answer is continental currency.

Which of the following did women
in America do between 1775 and 1783?
Answer choices include:
cook, wash & make clothes;
participate in combat;
raise money for the war;
any of these

The correct answer is any of these.

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Week 22 World History: Enlightenment and American Revolution, 1550-1789

 

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This world history resource focuses on the Enlightenment
and Revolution from 1550 to 1789 and includes quiz questions
and answers and video links to related topics.

I utilized World History: Patterns of Interaction (Holt McDougal) for our world history textbook. It has multiple options for different learning styles and covers a wide array of information.

This quiz accompanies Chapter 22: pages 620-647.

Directions for the quiz:

• Scroll down and click on the thumbnail to enlarge to full screen.
• Click on the graphic to advance to the next screen.
• Choose an answer for each question.
• Compare your answers with those provided.

If you are interested in a group and/or interactive version of this quiz,

log in to Kahoot! and search for Week 22 World History by Katrena.

Below are free videos to accompany chapter 22:

• Models of the Universe
• Galileo
• Crash Course: The Scientific Method
• Crash Course: the Enlightenment
• Beccaria & Criminal Justice
• Mary Wollstonecraft
• Diderot & History of Encyclopedias
• Baroque Period
• Neoclassical Architecture
• 6 Eras of Music History
• Crash Course: Enlightened Monarchs
• Crash Course Thomas Jefferson & His Democracy
• Crash Course U.S. Constitution, Articles, Federalism
• Bill of Rights

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World History Week 22:  Enlightenment & Revolution 1550-1789

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Starting in the mid-1500s, a new way of thinking called the ____ emerged.
It was based on careful observation & a willingness to question accepted beliefs.
Answer choices include: Geocentric Theory, Pythagorean Theorem,
Scientific Revolution, Bill of Rights

The correct answer is Scientific Revolution.

Nicholaus Copernicus disputed geocentric theory & began
considering the idea that the planets revolved around the sun, or ___.
Answer choices include: Heliocentric Theory, Scientific Method,
Centrifugal Force, Neoclassical Revolution

The correct answer is Heliocentric Theory.

Who developed several laws of motion & was forced to say that
Copernicus was wrong when he knew that Copernicus was correct?
Answer choices include: Johannes Kepler, Tyco Brahe, Ptolemy, Galileo Galilei

The correct answer is Galileo Galilei.

The Catholic Church embraced new mathematical theories of the early 1600s.
Answer choices include: true, false

The correct answer is false.

According to Gabriel Fahrenheit’s thermometer,
water freezes at ___ degrees Fahrenheit.
Answer choices include: 0, 32, 100, 212

The correct answer is 32.

Edward Jenner created the world’s first vaccine to prevent _____.
Answer choices include: Bubonic Plague, Polio, Smallpox, Tuberculosis

The correct answer is smallpox.

According to John Locke, all people are born
free & equal with all of the following rights EXCEPT:
Answer choices include: life, property, liberty, wealth

The correct answer is wealth.

Voltaire wrote 70 books of political essays, philosophy,
and drama that fought for complete anarchy,
intolerance, prejudice, & superstition.
Answer choices include: true, false

The correct answer is false.

Mary Astell wrote, “If all men are born ____,
how is it that all women are born ____?”
Answer choices include: slaves/free, happy/sad,
free/slaves, alone/together

The correct answer is free/slaves.

In the 1700s, scientists made new key discoveries in ____.
Answer choices include: physics, chemistry, biology, all of these

The correct answer is all of these.

During the enlightenment, people began to question openly
their religious beliefs & teachings of the church.
Answer choices include: true, false

The correct answer is true.

___ is used by writers to utilize wit and humor
to ridicule various ideas and customs.
Answer choices include: Satire, Prose, Biography, Narrative

The correct answer is Satire.

In the 1700s, ___ was the cultural and intellectual capital of Europe.
Answer choices include: New York, Berlin, Madrid, Paris

The correct answer is Paris.

Dennis Diderot created the first set of ___.
Answer choices include: dictionaries, encyclopedias,
thesauruses, romance novels

The correct answer is encyclopedias.

Wealthy women in France hosted social gatherings called ___
where philosophers, writers, artists, scientists,
& other great intellects would discuss ideas.
Answer choices include: salons, pecha cuchas, twitters, cybercafes

The correct answer is salons.

Two popular art styles in Europe in the 1700s included ___
with a grand, ornate design & ___ featuring a simple, elegant design.
Answer choices include: expressionism/impressionism,
baroque/neoclassical, landscape/portrait, conceptual/pop art

The correct answer is baroque/neoclassical.

Which of the following musicians was NOT trained in classical style?
Answer choices include: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,
Franz Joseph Haydn, Ludwig van Beethovan, Johann Sebastian Bach

The correct answer is Johann Sebastian Bach.

Which of the following was NOT an enlightened despot
in Europe during the Enlightenment?
Answer choices include: Catherine the Great of Russia,
Frederick II of Prussia, Adolph Hitler of Germany, Joseph II of Austria

The correct answer is Adolph Hitler of Germany.

In 1773, colonists protested an import tax
via a demonstration called the ___.
Answer choices include: Georgia Boycott,
Boston Tea Party, Massachusetts Witch Trials, Roanoke Tax Refusal

The correct answer is Boston Tea Party.

Amendments to the American Constitution, called the ___,
protected basic individual rights such as
freedom of speech, press, assembly, and religion.
Answer choices include: Bill of Rights, Constitutional Convention,
Protestant Reformation, Declaration of Independence

The correct answer is Bill of Rights.

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