Unit 3 American Revolution Test Review

Match the following

• surrender

• a sharp piece of metal attached to the muzzle of a musket

• bayonet

• a group of military ships that sail under the same commander

• decisive

• to give up; quit

• fleet

• important; without any doubt

Match the following

• front

• confidence, level of enthusiasm one feels

• morale

• the place where fighting happens

• tactics

• ways used to achieve a goal

Organize the strengths of the British and Continental Armies

Groups:

(a) Strengths of the British Army

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(b) Strengths of the Continental Army

• fighting in familiar surroundings

• more soldiers

• more ships

• better trained

• soldiers knew how to shoot

• fighting for a cause

• more supplies

After the British left Boston, what city did they decide to capture next?

• Philadelphia

• New York

• Washington

• Richmond

George Washington surprised the Hessians on Dec. 25, 1776, after crossing what river?

• Mississippi River

• James River

• New Jersey River

• Delaware River

Organize how these two men helped the Continental Army

Groups:

(a) Tadeusz Kosciuszko

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(b) Friedrich von Steuben

• how to build strong walls

• training a model company to train others

• how to advance on the battlefield

• build dams to make rivers flood roads

• how to use bayonets

• where to set up good defenses

• cut down trees to block roads

• how to march and stand in formation

What were some of the problems at Valley Forge? (choose all that apply)

• bad water

• no proper clothes or shoes for winter

• low on food

• poor shelter

• sickness

What treaty ended the Revolutionary War?

• Treaty of Ghent

• Treaty of France

• Treaty of Paris

• Treaty of Virginia

Sequence the events of the Yorktown.

• Washington fired on the British continually until Cornwallis was forced to surrender

• Lord Cornwallis and his men set up camp in Yorktown, VA

• Washington sent out fake messages and Cornwallis thought Washington was going to attack New York

• Washington decided to march the troops from New York to Virginia and trap Cornwallis

• Washington arrived in Yorktown and joined Lafayette and the French fleet drove off the British and blocked the British escape route

Match the following people

• Tadeusz Kosciuszko

• commander of the British army who surrendered at Yorktown

• Friedrich von Steuben

• Polish engineer who the Continental Army tactics to slow the British down

• Lord Cornwallis

• Major General of the Continental Army; he was a wealthy French aristocrat

• Marquis de Lafayette

• army captain sent by France to get the Continental Army into order