Liberty's Kids 124 Valley Forge

_______________Forge was close enough to Philadelphia to keep an eye on Howe, but far enough away to avoid a surprise attack.

• Fort

• Township

• Valley

• Villa

Unlike the British, General Washington didn't believe in angering private citizens by forcing them to ____________________ his soldiers.

• house

• pay

• race

• imprison

Generals Conway and Gates asked Lafayette to attack _____________and take it back from the British.

• France

• Prussia

• Georgia

• Canada

The American troops were learning to fight from a ________________named Lieutenant General Fredrich von Steuben.

• German

• Frenchman

• Prussian

• American

George Washington didn't want the troops to lose faith in the ______________even if it meant he had to take the blame for their bad decisions.

• government

• church

• Native Americans

• Germans

James and Henri met a young _______________named Joseph Plumb Martin.

• journalist

• teacher

• soldier

• spy

Conway and __________________ hoped to turn the public against Washington and towards Gates as the new commander in chief.

• Gates

• Von Steuben

• Lafayette

• Lee

At Irwin's ________________, Lafayette declared his loyalty to Washington.

• Gates

• Blacksmith Shop

• Tavern

• Harbor

General von Steuben said: "In other countries, you tell a soldier to do something, he does it. But an American - he needs a ________________, because this fight is his fight!"

• excuse

• reason

• paycheck

• musket

General Washington didn't _________________that von Steuben wasn't a Baron or a General, because he was able to give him a professional army.

• care

• know

• like

• understand