Chap.4.4

How did the arrival of Comte de Rochambeau help the Patriot cause?

• He brought with him thousands of soldiers to fight with the Patriots.

• He acted as an ambassador and negotiated the end of the war.

• His fleet sat in Chesapeake Bay and trapped the British.

• He convinced General Washington to attack the British position in New York.

After the first French fleet arrived, what was General Washington's original strategy, or plan of attack?

• to march on General Cornwallis in Yorktown, Virginia

• to wait for Marquis de Lafayette to return from Virginia

• to retreat farther into Pennsylvania and wait for a second fleet

• to await a second French fleet, then attack the British position in New York

Why did General Washington advance on Yorktown instead of New York?

• General Clinton launched a surprise attack, forcing the Patriot forces to retreat.

• He learned that the second French fleet would land much farther south.

• General Cornwallis had escaped Yorktown, and Washington wanted to capture him.

• Marquis de Lafayette had been defeated in battle.

Why did General Washington keep his plan to advance to Yorktown a secret from everyone, including his own soldiers?

• so he would not upset the French troops that had just arrived

• so his troops would not desert

• to prevent General Clinton from going to help General Cornwallis

• to act without having to answer to the Continental Congress

The second French fleet prevented General Cornwallis from escaping from Yorktown by sea.

• True

• False

The British surrender at the Battle of Yorktown brought an immediate end to the American Revolution.

• True

• False

The ________, which was signed in September 1783, was the final agreement to end the war.

• Franklin Compromise

• Treaty of the Revolution

• Surrender of Yorktown

• Treaty of Paris

After fighting ended, the Continental Army threatened to use force against the Continental Congress if they were not paid.

• True

• False

After the end of the war, General Washington planned to ______________.

• serve as governor of Virginia

• retire and return to his home, Mount Vernon

• work to become the leader of the new United States

• move to Great Britain to become a merchant

One reason that the Americans won the American Revolution was that they received help from other countries.

• True

• False