Liberty's Kids American Crisis

After losing at Fort Washington and Fort Lee, many have given up _______________.

• money

• hope

• their land

Where does the continental congress go in December 1776?

• Boston

• Baltimore

• New York

• Lexington

Where was Ben Franklin Headed?

• France

• Spain

• England

• Germany

Why as Ben Franklin headed to France?

• To get help from France for the revolution

• To move from America and live there now.

• He wanted to meet the King of France.

Choose ALL of the conditions that soldiers in Washington's camp? (There is more than one answer)

• cold

• sick

• had to stay in tents

• many had no shoes

Who might be getting the command of the forces in New Jersey?

• Ben Franklin

• Alexander Hamilton

• General Lee

A rider comes with an urgent dispatch. What has happened to General Lee?

• He was killed.

• He was captured

• He went to the British side.

• He was very sick.

Thomas Paine writes a famous piece for George Washington. The first line reads, ______________________________.

• "these are the times that try men's souls"

• "It was the best of times and the worst of times"

• "To be or not to be, that is the question"

• "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free..."

After the children find Moses, Thomas Paine says that the battle is everywhere. It is a ___________________ war.

• rich person's

• king's war

• citizen's war

What important tool was broken? Without it, Thomas Paine can't publish his writing.

• printing press

• shoe maker

• dishwasher

• washing machine