Winning Independence

What was the last MAJOR battle of the Revolutionary War?

• The Battle of Trenton

• The Battle of Bunker Hill

• The Battle of Saratoga

• The Battle of Yorktown

The navy commander ________________ said, "I have not yet begun to fight!"

• John Paul Jones

• Benedict Arnold

• Nathanael Greene

• Nathan Hale

Who earned the nickname "Molly Pitcher" by carrying water to American troops during battle?

• Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley

• Deborah Sampson

• Margaret Corbin

• Sybil Ludington

Who was the continental spy who said, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country," just before he was hanged.

• John Paul Jones

• Patrick Henry

• Nathan Hale

• Nathanael Greene

____________ came from Poland to help the Continental Army and famously helped create and design the plans for the fort at West Point.

• Tadeusz Kosciuszko

• Marquis de Lafayette

• Friedrich Wilhelm Von Steuben

• Bernardo de Galvez

The agreement signed to officially in the war in ________ was called the Treaty of Paris.

• 1783

• 1781

• 1776

• 1775

______________ was the British general who surrendered at Yorktown.

• Charles Corwallis

• William Howe

• Thomas Gage

• John Burgoyne

The Continental Army officer who became a traitor because he felt he was not respected and had been treated unfairly.

• Benedict Arnold

• Daniel Morgan

• Nathanael Greene

• Horatio Gates

Why did the British decide to move the fighting to the South?

• They hoped to defeat the Continental Army in the South before French help could arrive.

• They felt the the Continental Army in the North was unbeatable.

• The South was all they had left to conquer and the war would be over.

• They wanted to take over all of the plantations in the South to use the slaves as their own soldiers.

What country officially joined the the war with the Americans by sending soldiers and ships and helped defeat the British?

• France

• Germany

• Spain

• Italy