CHAPTER#5 LESSON#4 ON THE BATTLEFIELD AND AT HOME PAGES 166

______________ are soldiers who are paid to fight for another country.

Capturing Fort Ticonderoga gave Allen and his soldiers the opportunity to control

• the Northeast area

• 59 cannons

• the Southeast area

• 59 war tanks

Washington needed the cannons to __________.

• collect them for a museum

• force the French out

• force the British out

• force the Germans out

On __________ the British sailed out of Boston Harbor, first to Canada, later to the city of New York.

• April 17, 1776

• May 17, 1776

• March 17, 1776

• September 17, 1776

To ________ is to move away from the enemy.

• restore

• attack

• accompany

• retreat

On the night of December 25 _____________ defeated the mercenaries on New Jersey, capturing more than 900 prisoners.

• Washington and his army

• Allen and his soldiers

• Lincoln and his army

• Hessians and his army

Synonym for spirits

_________ to sign up

The victories of Trenton and Princeton gave Patriot soldiers ___________ that the Continental army could win the war.

• doubts

• confidence

• fear

• a nervous feeling

During this battle General John Burgoyne was defeated by the Patriots led by Benedict Arnold in 1777.

• Battle of Fort Ticonderoga

• Battle of Princeton

• Battle of Saratoga

• Battle of New Jersey