8th Chapter 4 Test

True or False - The British defeated the Patriots at the Battle of Long Island in 1775.

• True

• False - the Patriots defeated the British

• False - the Battle of Long Island was in 1776

• False - it was the Battle of Bunker Hill

True or False - British advantages during the war included a stronger military, greater wealth, and a larger population.

• True

• False - the British military was weaker

• False - the British had a smaller population

• False - they didn't have any advantages

True or False - At least one half of all American colonists were Tories

• True

• False, it was one third

• False, it was two thirds

• False, it was one fifth

True or False - Most of the soldiers in the Continental Army signed up for the duration of the war

• True

• False, they signed up for 6 months

• False, they signed up for 2 years

• False, they signed up for one year

True or False, Nathan Hale was a Patriot soldier who became a traitor and spied for the British

• True

• False, He was a British soldier

• False, he was an American soldier who spied on the British

• False, he was not a soldier

Match the term: The Patriot forces were also known as

• The American military

• The Continental Army

• The Redcoats

• The Loyalists

Match the Term: This was an African American Patriot

• Peter Salem

• Aaron Burr

• Patrick Henry

• Paul Revere

Match the term: This person trained Patriots at Valley Forge

• Charles Cornwallis

• Marquis de Lafayette

• Friedrich von Steuben

• Benjamin Franklin

Match the Term: Another word for the merchant warships

• Pirates

• Buccaneers

• Pioneers

• Privateers

Match the Term: A term that means "hit-and-run war technique"

• Cavalry

• guerilla warfare

• Naval attacks

• sniper attack