Liberty's Kids: Yorktown

What is the title of today's episode?

• Yorktown

• Chesapeake Bay

• James Armistead

Which fleet of ships are heading toward Virginia?

• Spanish

• German

• French

To prevent British soldiers from dying of heat stroke, who does General Cornwallis order to dig trenches in the heat?

• negro soldiers

• Hessian soldiers

• American soldiers

Which General’s troops are marching toward Yorktown to help surround the British?

• Lafayette's

• Rochambeau's

• Washington's

Which General’s fleet arrives in Chesapeake Bay first?

• Lafayette's

• Rochambeau's

• Washington's

Who does General Washington hope to surround at Yorktown?

• General Arnold

• General Cornwallis

• General Lafayette

At first, General Cornwallis is not concerned about being surrounded because he believes the Americans have what type of artillery?

• light

• heavy

• none

As the Americans close in on Yorktown, they focus their artillery on General Cornwallis’s what?

• wall

• trenches

• headquarters

After the siege of Yorktown, what does the white flag the British come out with represent?

• surrender

• battle continues

• battle flag

What does James Armistead say he will change his name to after the war?

• James Franklin

• James Hillard

• James Lafayette