Battles of the American Revolution

Who did General Washington & the Continental Army attack at Trenton, N.J.?

• British mercenaries
• German mercenaries
• French mercenaries

Why did the British Redcoats march upon Lexington, then Concord?

• to search for Paul Revere
• to search for Wentworth Cheswell
• to search for ammunition Loyalists were hiding
• to search to ammunition Patriots were hiding

Why is the battle of Bunker Hill not called the battle of Breed's Hill?

• the loyalists didn't know geography of the 13 colonies
• Tories did not know the geography of the 13 colonies
• Redcoats did not know the geography of the 13 colonies
• Whigs did not know the geography of the 13 colonies

Who is the main audience for Thomas Paine's letter "Common Sense"?

• Whigs
• average colonists
• Redcoats

Why is the Battle of Saratoga called the turning point of the Revolutionary War?

• The Spanish decide to become American allies
• British General Cornwallis surrender at this battle
• the French decide to become American allies

Why is George Washington praying in this photo?

• his men have just been attacked at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
• his men are starving and dying from smallpox at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

Who surrounds General Cornwallis at the Battle of Yorktown in Virginia?

• Spanish navy ships & the Continental Army
• Canadian navy ships & the Continental Army
• American navy ships & the Continental Army
• French navy ships & the Continental Army

Who is missing from this famous painting of the Treaty of Paris?

• American diplomats
• French diplomats
• British diplomats

What was the new western boundary of the United States as decided in the Treaty of Paris (1783)?

• the Appalachian Mts became the new boundary
• the Ohio River became the new boundary
• the Mississippi River became the new boundary 

Why does the Continental Army begin to feel more hopeful at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania (winter of 1777)?

• they learn that the Spanish became an ally to America
• they learned that the British surrendered at Saratoga, N.Y.
• they learned that the French became American allies