Revolutionary War Battles Review

What battle is known as "Shot Heard Round the World"?

• Bunker Hill
• Lexington and Conrd
• Yorktown
• Charleston 

What nation helped the colonists to defeat the British?

• Germany
• Spanish
• French
• Great Britain 

What did the French Navy do that aided the Americans in winning the Revolutionary War?

• They took the British soldiers hostage.
• They blockaded the harbor in Yorktown.
• They threatened King George III.
• They swarm underwater and attacked the British. 

After the battle at Bunker Hill, the Patriots learned...

• They had no chance at winning
• They were going to beat the British easily
• They may lose some battles, but could win the war
• They needed to surrender

Which founding father was an ambassador to France and wanted to get them to help the colonists fight?

• George Washington
• Benjamin Franklin
• Patrick Henry
• Thomas Jefferson

The most important result of the Battle of Saratoga was?

• France officially recognized and formed an alliance with the United States (treaty of alliance)

• Britain released captured American sailors and returned American merchant ships

• Spain entered the war and provided supplies to Great Britain

• American leaders were forced to surrender and were arrested for treason

What river did Washington and his men cross for the battle of Trenton?

• Susquehanna river
• Trenton river
• Delaware river
• Mississippi river

Who were the Hessians?

• Patriots Soldiers
• British Soldiers
• German Mercenaries 
• Loyalists

Washington's victory against the Hessians on Christmas night 1776 after crossing the Delaware River...

• Trenton

• Germantown

• Philadelphia

• Saratogo

African American slaved turned spy during the American Revolution, who helped the Continental army win at Yorktown?

• James Armistead

• Haym Salomon

• Thomas Paine

• John Paul Jones