Chapter 4 Test: Revolutionary War

. The American colonies declared independence from Great Britain in July 1775.

• True

• False

British advantages during the war included a stronger military, greater wealth, and a larger population.

• True

• False

At least one-half of all American colonists were Tories

• True

• False

Most of the soldiers in the Continental Army signed up for the duration of the war

• True

• False

Nathan Hale was a Patriot soldier who became a traitor and spied for the British.

• True

• False

Match the term with the correct statement

• Continental Army

• hit-and-run war technique

• Friedrich von Steuben

• Patriot Forces

• Lemuel Haynes

• merchant warships

• privateers

• drilled Patriots at Valley Forge

• guerilla warfare

• African American Patriot

Where did the Patriot forces endure a winter of terrible suffering?

• Philadelphia

• Saratoga

• Valley Forge

• Yorktown

Americans who remained loyal to Great Britain were called Loyalists or

• Colonists

• Patriots

• Separatists

• Tories

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

• Maryland

• Georgia

• South Carolina

• North Carolina

Loyalist strength was strongest in

• New England

• New York

• Carolinas & Georgia

• Ohio River Valley