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WorksheetsCOMPREHENSION CHECK FOR CHAPTER 5 AND CHAPTER 6
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What year did the Revolutionary War begin?
1773
1774
1775
1776
The first shots and battles of the Revolutionary War occurred where?
Lexington and Harvard
Harvard and Concord
Boston and Harvard
Lexington and Concord
Colonists that supported the king were called?
Minutemen
Loyalists
Eagles
Patriots
Which Revolutionary battle found the Patriots being told, "don't fire til you see the whites of their eyes."
Battle of Ticonderoga
Battle of Cowpens
Battle of Trenton
Battle of Bunker Hill
Which of the following was NOT one of the steps taken by the 2ND Continental Congress to ready for war?
form an army
take land from the Loyalists
choose George Washington to lead the army
print money to pay for the army
May 10, 1775 saw the first American victory at this New York fort.
Fort Oswego
Valley Forge
Fort Ticonderoga
Fort Detroit
The American commander at the victory at Fort Ticonderoga was
Ethan Allen
Ethan Hauck
Ethan Witmer
Ethan Dreese
Colonists ready to fight at a moments notice were called?
Give me a Minute Man!!
Wait a Second Man
Minuteman
Secondman
This Polish volunteer helped pull in the reigns of the cavalry.
Casimir Pulaski
Marquis de Lafayette
Friedrich von Steuben
Thaddeus Kosciusko
This Polish engineer was a tad bit good at his job, helping the Americans win at Saratoga
Casimir Pulaski
Friedrich von Steuben
Marquis de Lafayette
Thaddeus Kosciusko
Washington did not laugh at this close friends injury at Brandywine saying, "treat him as though he were my son."
Casimir Pulaski
Marquis de Lafayette
Friedrich von Steuben
Thaddeus Kosciusko
This German BARON was instrumental in shaping Continental soldiers into a fighting force that could win!
Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu
Baron Manfred von Richthofen
Barron Trump
Baron Friedrich Wilhelm August Heinrich Ferdinand Steuben
What event, led by GEORGE WASHINGTON, occurred the day after Christmas 1776 crossing a frozen river and marching across snowy ground with only rags covering soldiers feet.
Crossing the Susquehanna and Battle of Philadelphia
Crossing the Mississippi and Battle of Cincinnati
Crossing the Hudson and Battle of Ticonderoga
Crossing the Delaware and Battle of Trenton
Hessians were hired by the British to fight the Patriots. What were people called that were paid to fight for a country other than their own?
alliance
mercenary
cavalry
enlisted
How were African Americans viewed by Washington and the Continental army?
Washington welcomed all to fight for him.
Washington accepted foreigners but not African Americans
Washington did not accept African Americans at all.
Washington refused to accept African Americans but did change his policy later.
What group from Cuba supported the Patriot cause by giving $7,000,000?
Bernardo Galvez
Havana's Ladies
The Continentals
The Swamp Fox
Which battle, led by Nathanael Greene, was a major turning point in the fight for the Southern Colonies?
Battle of Ticonderoga
Battle of Cowpens
Battle of Trenton
Battle of Bunker Hill
Which American officer turned against the Patriots and attempted to turn West Point over to the British?
George Washington
Bernardo Galvez
Benedict Arnold
Charles Cornwallis
One of the outcomes of the Treaty of Paris was to give
British refusal of the Declaration of Independence
American agreement to Independence for Britain
Independence to Cuba
British recognition of Independence for the United States of America
What is NOT a reason for American victory during the Revolutionary War?
Skilled Leadership
Help From Abroad
Geography
Slavery of African Americans
