Revolutionary War

little money for the war

• American strength

• American weakness

• British strength

• British weakness

fighting for their freedom

• British weakness

• British strength

• American strength

• American weakness

familiar with the countryside

• British strength

• British weakness

• American weakness

• American strength

What country decided to provide military support to the Americans after they won the Battle of Saratoga?

• France

• Canada

• Austria

• China

• Germany

America's Patriot army during the Revolutionary War

• continental army

• health

• rationale

• encampment

inexperienced soldiers

• British strength

• British weakness

• American strength

• American weakness

more soldiers

• British weakness

• American weakness

• British strength

• American strength

The colonial militiamen were often called _____ while the British Redcoats were often called _____.

• loyalists

  patriots

• doughboys

  Hessians

• natives

  aliens

• minutemen

  lobsterbacks

What was the result of the Battle of Trenton?

• There was no battle as the British had retreated

• Washington's army was defeated by Lord Cornwallis

• Washington's army was victorious, capturing over 900 Hessian soldiers

Why is Saratoga often seen as the turning point in the war?

• Philadelphia was in the hands of the British.

• It convinced France to help America

• The war would soon be over.

• It convinced Ben Franklin to go to France.