The American Revolution

Where did patriot forces endure a winter of terrible suffering?

• Philadelphia

• Saratoga

• Valley Forge

• Yorktown

Americans who remained loyal to Great Britain were called Loyalists or

• A. Colonists

• B. Patriots

• C. Separatists

• D. Tories

After the war, George Washington

• Became a senator

• Moved to New York

• Ran for political office

• Returned home to Mount Vernon

By the end of the war, African Americans were enlisted in every state except

• Georgia

• Maryland

• North Carolina

• South Carolina

The volunteer from France who became Washington’s trusted aide was

• A. Benjamin Franklin

• B. Francis Marion

• C. Marquis Lafayette

• D. Thomas Paine

The “swamp fox”, known for his imaginative war tactics, was

• Benedict Arnold

• George Rogers Clark

• Francis Marion

• George Washington

Who led the Patriots’ victory at Vincennes, which strengthened the American position in the west?

• Joseph Brant

• George Rogers Clark

• Henry Hamilton

• George Washington

Supplies and reinforcements could not reach American harbors because of

• Blockade

• British spies

• Lack of money

• Native Americans

A merchant ship that is privately owned and armed with weapons is called a

• Coastal warship

• Garrison

• Merchant warship

• Privateer

In March 1781, Nathanael Greene’s forces met Charles Cornwallis’s army at

• Charles Town

• Guilford Courthouse

• Kings Mountain

• Savannah