Check Ups!! 10-14-08

Pg. 96:

1. Who led the committee to draft the Declaration of Independence? When was it adopted?
-Thomas Jefferson; July 4, 1776
2. How did the Declaration of Independence recognize God's special creation of man?
-Respect for human nature and private property; equality before the law; responsible
liberty
3. From whom did the Americans inherit their love of liberty?
- a long history of English tradition


Pg. 103

1. List several European military leaders who aided to the patriot cause.
-Marquis de Lafayette; France
-Baron Von Steuben; Prussia
-Baron de Kalb; Germany
-Kosciusko and Pulaski; Poland
2. Why did the British want to capture New York City?
-because the largest population of Loyalists lived in New York
3. How did Washington treat the Loyalists in New York?
-He treated them with great respect.
4. What Jewish patriot helped obtain much needed funds for the war effort?
-Haym Solomon
5. Where did Washington attack the Hessians? What was the outcome?
-Trenton; He captured nearly 1000 Hessians
6. How did the British plan to isolate New England?
- by dividing it from the middle colonies and the South.
7.Why is the Battle of Saratoga considered a turning point in the war?
-It finished British chances of isolating New England from the rest of the colonies and did much to lift the American morale
8. What encouraged the soldiers at Valley Forge to stick together and persevere?
-George Washington
9. what news in May of 1778 enabled General Washington to tell his men that the worst was over??
-they were getting new supplies
10. Who was the victor at the Battle of Monmouth?
-the patriots

Identify:
-Loyalists; people who remained loyal to the king
-Nathan Hale; a young school teacher who attempted to smuggle information to George Washington about General Howe's troops
-General Cornwallis; the commander to a detachment of British troops sent my General Howe
-Princeton; one of the places where George Washington and his troops defeated the British
-General Burgoyne; British General
-Horatio Gates; patriot General
-Brandywine and Germantown; Battles in the War for Independence but was won by British
-Molly Pitcher; wife of a soldier who brought water to the soldiers during the Battle of Monmouth