I Unit 4 American Revolution

The Green Mountain Boys attacked Fort Ticoneroga because the colonists needed heavy _____ to win the war.

• artillery

• minutemen

General Cornwallis surrendered when the French Navy set up a ______ off the coast of Virginia and prevented British reinforcements from coming to help him.

• ports

• blockade

The colonists set up fortifications on Charlestown, which sat on a _____ (piece of land surrounded on 3 sides by water) north of Boston, so they could easily attack the British from high ground.

• siege

• peninsula

In September 1774, King George III declared Massachusetts to be in open ____.

• rebellion

• bombardment

The British finally left Boston after an 11 month _____ and being bombarded with cannons by the Continental Army, ending their 8 year occupation of the city.

• casualties

• siege

Both the British and the Patriots wanted control of Boston because it had valuable ____.

• retreated

• ports

When Washington _____ after the Battle of Brooklyn, General Howe did not follow him because he did not want to risk more casualties.

• retreated

• artillery

The ______ were a specialized group of the American militia because they promised to be ready to fight in a short amount of time.

• blockade

• minutemen

Which was NOT an outcome of the Treaty of Paris 1783

• British loyalists were not persecuted (punished)

• British troops were allowed to leave the US

• The US promised to repay all debts to Great Britain

• Great Britain remained in control of lands south of the Great Lakes

What was the major outcome of the Battles of Saratoga?

• General Cornwallis retreated to Yorktown

• France offered military support and became allies with America

• Patriots in the southern colonies began to believe they could win the war