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COMPREHENSION CHECK FOR CHAPTER 5 AND CHAPTER 6

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What year did the Revolutionary War begin?

a)

1773

b)

1774

c)

1775

d)

1776

2.

The first shots and battles of the Revolutionary War occurred where?

a)

Lexington and Harvard

b)

Harvard and Concord

c)

Boston and Harvard

d)

Lexington and Concord

3.

Colonists that supported the king were called?

a)

Minutemen

b)

Loyalists

c)

Eagles

d)

Patriots

4.

Which Revolutionary battle found the Patriots being told, "don't fire til you see the whites of their eyes."

a)

Battle of Ticonderoga

b)

Battle of Cowpens

c)

Battle of Trenton

d)

Battle of Bunker Hill

5.

Which of the following was NOT one of the steps taken by the 2ND Continental Congress to ready for war?

a)

form an army

b)

take land from the Loyalists

c)

choose George Washington to lead the army

d)

print money to pay for the army

6.

May 10, 1775 saw the first American victory at this New York fort.

a)

Fort Oswego

b)

Valley Forge

c)

Fort Ticonderoga

d)

Fort Detroit

7.

The American commander at the victory at Fort Ticonderoga was

a)

Ethan Allen

b)

Ethan Hauck

c)

Ethan Witmer

d)

Ethan Dreese

8.

Colonists ready to fight at a moments notice were called?

a)

Give me a Minute Man!!

b)

Wait a Second Man

c)

Minuteman

d)

Secondman

9.

This Polish volunteer helped pull in the reigns of the cavalry.

a)

Casimir Pulaski

b)

Marquis de Lafayette

c)

Friedrich von Steuben

d)

Thaddeus Kosciusko

10.

This Polish engineer was a tad bit good at his job, helping the Americans win at Saratoga

a)

Casimir Pulaski

b)

Friedrich von Steuben

c)

Marquis de Lafayette

d)

Thaddeus Kosciusko

11.

Washington did not laugh at this close friends injury at Brandywine saying, "treat him as though he were my son."

a)

Casimir Pulaski

b)

Marquis de Lafayette

c)

Friedrich von Steuben

d)

Thaddeus Kosciusko

12.

This German BARON was instrumental in shaping Continental soldiers into a fighting force that could win!

a)

Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu

b)

Baron Manfred von Richthofen

c)

Barron Trump

d)

Baron Friedrich Wilhelm August Heinrich Ferdinand Steuben

13.

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.

a)

Crossing the Susquehanna and Battle of Philadelphia

b)

Crossing the Mississippi and Battle of Cincinnati

c)

Crossing the Hudson and Battle of Ticonderoga

d)

Crossing the Delaware and Battle of Trenton

14.

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?

a)

alliance

b)

mercenary

c)

cavalry

d)

enlisted

15.

How were African Americans viewed by Washington and the Continental army?

a)

Washington welcomed all to fight for him.

b)

Washington accepted foreigners but not African Americans

c)

Washington did not accept African Americans at all.

d)

Washington refused to accept African Americans but did change his policy later.

16.

What group from Cuba supported the Patriot cause by giving $7,000,000?

a)

Bernardo Galvez

b)

Havana's Ladies

c)

The Continentals

d)

The Swamp Fox

17.

Which battle, led by Nathanael Greene, was a major turning point in the fight for the Southern Colonies?

a)

Battle of Ticonderoga

b)

Battle of Cowpens

c)

Battle of Trenton

d)

Battle of Bunker Hill

18.

Which American officer turned against the Patriots and attempted to turn West Point over to the British?

a)

George Washington

b)

Bernardo Galvez

c)

Benedict Arnold

d)

Charles Cornwallis

19.

One of the outcomes of the Treaty of Paris was to give

a)

British refusal of the Declaration of Independence

b)

American agreement to Independence for Britain

c)

Independence to Cuba

d)

British recognition of Independence for the United States of America

20.

What is NOT a reason for American victory during the Revolutionary War?

a)

Skilled Leadership

b)

Help From Abroad

c)

Geography

d)

Slavery of African Americans