The Path to Victory

In the first years of the Revolution, the ________ army barely managed to ______ from one ______ after another.

• escape / colonial / disaster

• colonial / escape / victory

• British / disaster / escape

• colonial / escape / disaster

Washington's half-starved troops spent the winter of 1776 at _______.

Where were British forces planning to meet in 1777?

• northern New York

• southern New York

• eastern coast

• upstate Vermont

The British force marching south was defeated at _____

The British surrender marked a major ______ in the war.

Which country decided to help the Americans?

• Britain

• France

• England

• Spain

The campaign now moved _____, where the ______ hoped to find _____ supporters.

• north / Americans / Patriotic

• South / British / loyal

• Loyal / South / British

• east / colonists / hated

Instead, ______ slowed their advance

• colonial assistance

• British resistance

• colonial resistance

• resistance colonial

Where did Washington surround a large British army in 1781?

• Jamestown

• Yorktown

• Saratoga

• New York

Washington forced a British _______ at ______, effectively ending the ____.

• victory / Saratoga / party

• war / surrender / Yorktown

• surrender / Saratoga / war

• surrender / Yorktown / war