Mod 4.4: The Struggle for Liberty (Quizizz)

In this battle, the Patriots crossed the Delaware River in a successful surprise attack on Hessian mercenaries.

• Battle of Trenton

• Battle of Saratoga

• Battle of Princeton

• Battle of Lexington

• Battle of Long Island

He spied for the Patriots in New York and was caught. His last words before he was hanged were, “I regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.”

• Nathan Hale

• John Paul Jones

• Marquis de Lafayette

• George Rogers Clark

• Baron Friedrich von Steuben

Mary Ludwig Hays was given this nickname by the Patriot forces for having the courage to bring water to soldiers during battle.

• Molly Pitcher

• Florence Nightingale

• Patriot Poppy

• The Angel of Mercy

A French nobleman who brought soldiers to America and volunteered to fight in the Continental army.

• Marquis de Lafayette

• Baron Friedrich von Steuben

• Bernardo de Galvez

• Nathan Hale

• Benedict Arnold

Foreign soldiers who are paid to fight.

• mercenaries

• militiamen

• confederates

• continentals

This battle in eastern New York is considered to be the major turning point in the Revolutionary War leading to France, Spain, and Holland joining the fight.

• Battle of Saratoga

• Battle of Long Island

• Battle of Trenton

• Battle of Bunker Hill

• Battle of Princeton

He is known for his victory at sea against a British warship. He is said to remark to the opposing captain, when asked for his surrender, “I have not yet begun to fight!”

• John Paul Jones

• Marquis de Lafayette

• George Rogers Clark

• Baron Friedrich von Steuben

• Nathan Hale

The Spanish governor of Louisiana that provided support to the Patriots by attacking British trade posts along the Gulf of Mexico.

• Bernardo de Galvez

• Baron Friedrich von Steuben

• John Paul Jones

• George Rogers Clark

• Marquis de Lafayette

This Prussian military officer trained soldiers in the Continental army at Valley Forge.

• Baron Friedrich von Steuben

• Bernardo de Galvez

• Nathanael Greene

• Benedict Arnold

• Marquis de Lafayette

This person’s campaigns in the west followed the Ohio River to the Tennessee and ended by capturing Kaskaskia, Cahokia, and Fort Sackville.

• George Rogers Clark

• John Paul Jones

• Bernardo de Gálvez

• Marquis de Lafayette

• Hamilton Alexander