American Revolution II Worksheet

Vocabulary – Write the correct letter on the blank.
1. ___ to cutoff an area by means of troops or ships, to stop supplies

• C. Blockade

• A. Treaty

• B. Surrender

• D. Alliance

___ hit-and-run technique used in war by small bands of fighters

• B. Guerilla Warfare

• A. Trench Warfare

• C. Naval Blockade

• D. Blitzkrieg

Vocabulary – Write the correct letter on the blank. 3. ___ armed private ships, not owned by the military

• A. Privateer

• B. Frigate

• C. Merchantman

• D. Corvette

Who am I? Write the correct letter on the blank. 4. ___ A French nobleman who came to fight and bring reinforcements to the Americans.

• B. Marques de Lafayette

• A. George Washington

• C. Benedict Arnold

• D. Thomas Jefferson

Who am I? Write the correct letter on the blank. 5. ___ America's well-respected General who would later become the first president of the U.S.A.

• A. George Washington

• B. Thomas Jefferson

• C. Benjamin Franklin

• D. John Adams

Who am I? Write the correct letter on the blank. 6. ___ A Patriot who used guerilla tactics by retreating into the swamps; nicknamed, Swamp Fox.

• A. Francis Marion

• B. Benedict Arnold

• C. Thomas Sumter

• D. Nathanael Greene

Who am I? Write the correct letter on the blank. 7. ___ A Patriot that fought in a naval battle, known for not surrendering even as he was sinking.

• F. John Paul Jones

• G. Benedict Arnold

• H. Thomas Paine

• I. Paul Revere

Who am I? Write the correct letter on the blank. 8. ___ A French Naval General who came with a fleet of British ships and 5,000 troops.

• C. Comte de Rochambeau

• A. Marquis de Lafayette

• B. Baron von Steuben

• D. General Cornwallis

Who am I? Write the correct letter on the blank. 9. ___ A British General who led his troops to Yorktown to fight the Americans.

• E. General Cornwallis

• A. General Washington

• B. General Lafayette

• C. General Burgoyne

The Americans not only fought the British, they had to fight Native Americans.

• True

• False