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What talented drillmaster, transformed the Continental Army during the winter at Valley Forge by teaching the soldiers how to execute field maneuvers, fire and reload quickly, and wield bayonets?

• Marquis de Lafayette
• Friedrich von Steuben
• George Washington
• Horatio Gates

Who aided the American cause by joining George Washington’s staff, leading a command in Virginia, and suggesting the military strategy that resulted in the surrender of the British Army?

• Marquis de Lafayette
• Friedrich von Steuben
• George Washington
• Horatio Gates

What British General raised the white flag of surrender, bringing an end to the siege of Yorktown as well as to the war?

• General Gates
• General Washington
• General Gage
• General Cornwallis 

The treaty that confirmed U.S. independence in 1783 was called 

• the Treaty of Paris
• the Treaty of Philadelphia
• the Treaty of New York
• the Treaty of London

What is Egalitarianism?

• a belief that all people are basically good.
• a belief that all people are basically bad.
• a belief that all people are basically equal.
• a belief that all people are basically smart.

Who won the war?

• England
• Germany
• France
• America 

What military strategy did Great Britain take after its loss at Saratoga?

• Stick to the sea
• Stay in the middle colonies
• Take control of the major cities
• Stay near the coast

Which group aided the British during their early victories in the South?

• Loyalists
• escaped slaves
• Mohawks
• French

The colonists won the war with Britain’s surrender at

• Yorktown
• Savannah
• Saratoga
• Jamestown