8th Grade-Ch.7 The American Revolution

Which of the following is an example of a strategy?

• patriot women try to help the Continental Army 
• A patriot lends the new government more than $600,000 
• Patriot victories begin to attract new army recruits 
• the British plan to cut off New England from the other states 

Which of the following is true about Americans' support for the Revolutionary War?

• Most Americans strongly supported the war 
• about half the Americans were loyalists 
• very few Americans were neutral 
• most Americans did not support the war 

An example of a rendezvous planned during the Revolution was 

• Thomas Paine's pamphlet to encourage the Patriots to keep fighting 
• a British attempt to seize the Hudson River Valley 
• a meeting of three British armies at Albany, New York 
• to enlist African Americans as soldiers in the British army 

The turning point of the American Revolution was 

• Washington's victory over the Hessians at Trenton, New Jersey 
• the defeat of the British army at the Battles of Saratoga 
• the alliance of the Iroquois Nations with the patriots 
• the announcement of the Declaration of Independence  

The War Expands- The Main ally of the United States in the American Revolution was __________________

• France 
• Benjamin Franklin 
• Spain 
• Mexico 

The ______________ was a teenage French nobleman who came to America to fight for the Patriots' cause 

• John Ark 
• Alois Friona 
• Marquis de Lafayette 
• Sean Albrets 

James Forten was a teenage Patriot sailor of _______________ decent who was captured by the British and later became famous for his efforts to end slavery.

• Spanish 
• African American 
• French 
• German 

________________ was an American naval commander who became famous for his hard-fought victory over more heavily armed British warship 

• Robert Lewis Carter 
• George Rodgers Clark 
• John Paul Jones 
• Samuel Fredrick Williams 

One reason for becoming a ____________ was the profit that could be made from capturing enemy merchant ships and selling their cargoes

• privateer
• deserter 
• pilot 
• submarine captain 

A German officer trained the inexperienced American soldiers how to fight with _____________, the long knives that were attached to the ends of their guns.

• lances 
• gun spears 
• shanks 
• bayonets