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Chapter 6 Review
 

1. What advantages did the British have during the Revolutionary War?

 
 
 
 
 
 

2. How did the British try to encourage African Americans to fight for them?

 
 
 
 

3. Every state except for ____________________________________ enlisted African Americans to fight for the Patriots at some point during the war.

 

4. After being defeated on Long Island, where did Washington win battles at the end of 1776 and the beginning of 1777?

 
 
 
 

5. How did the British plan to gain control of the Hudson River?

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

6. Why did France and Spain agree to help the Americans during the war?

 
 
 
 
 
 

7. What caused inflation during the war?

 
 
 
 
 

8. Why did Americans depend on privateers during the war?

 
 
 
 
 

9. Where did the British concentrate their efforts because they hoped for help from Loyalists?

 
 
 
 
 

10. How did the French help the Americans win at Yorktown?

 
 
 
 
 

11. When was the Treaty of Paris signed?  What did it say?

 
 
 
 
 
 

12. What did George Washington do after the Treaty of Paris was signed?

 
 
 
 
 

13. How did the American Revolution affect France and Haiti?

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Study also: vocabulary and people (Deborah Sampson, Nathan Hale, William Howe, Horatio Gates, Bernardo de Gálvez, The Marquis de Lafayette, Friedrich von Steuben, George Rogers Clark, John Paul Jones, Charles Cornwallis, Francis Marion, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay)