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Unit 01 Foundation through Independence

Total questions: 124

Worksheet time: 10hrs 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1. In what region was the first permanent English settlement founded?

a)

New England (Massachusetts)

b)

New England (Rhode Island)

c)

Virginia (Chesapeake Bay)

d)

New York (New Holland)

2.

England's first attempt to plant a colony in North America by Sir Walter Raleigh met a mysterious end where?

a)

Roanoke Island, NC

b)

Jamestown, VA

c)

Plymouth, MA

d)

Providence, RI

3.

The Virginia Company, granted a charter by King James I of England, established the first successful English colony where in North America?

a)

Roanoke Island, NC

b)

Jamestown, VA

c)

Plymouth, MA

d)

Providence, RI

4.

The goal of the Virginia Company was to find what resource?

a)

Gold

b)

Silver

c)

Tobacco

d)

Sugar

5.

This soldier of fortune took over Jamestown in efforts to save it from destruction making harsh changes, famously saying, “He that will not work shall not eat.”

a)

John Smith

b)

Powhatan

c)

Nathaniel Bacon

d)

John Roth

6.

Captain John Smith persuaded what Native American group to help the people of Jamestown?

a)

Powhatan

b)

Delaware

c)

Iroquois

d)

Metacom

7.

According to John Smith this Indian princess saved him from being executed by his Native American captors.

a)

Powhatan

b)

Pocahontas

c)

King Philip

d)

Squanto

8.

In 1618 the Virginia Company employed this recruitment strategy to attract individuals to the new world by promising them 50 acres of land if they paid for their own or another’s passage to Virginia.

a)

The Headright System

b)

The Caste System

c)

The Bacon System

d)

The Indentured System

9.

Jamestown colonist John Rolfe developed a highly popular strain of ___ , also known as "brown gold".

a)

tobacco

b)

hemp

c)

Georgia clay

d)

cotton

10.

In need of laborers many plantations imported ____ from England?

a)

indentured servants

b)

African slaves

c)

Native Americans

d)

Irish slaves

11.

In 1618 what group of individuals were first imported to Virginia?

a)

Indentured Servants

b)

African Slaves

c)

Native Americans

d)

Irish Slaves

12.

This was the second Chesapeake Colony founded in 1632 by a single proprietor, Cecilius Calvert, who welcomed Catholics

a)

Jamestown

b)

Maryland

c)

Massachusetts Bay

d)

Providence

13.

This group of English settlers, also known as Separatist, were blown off course and ended up founding a colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

a)

Pilgrims

b)

Baptist

c)

Quakers

d)

Dutch

14.

This contract was signed by the Pilgrims binding them to follow "just and equal laws" that their chosen representatives would write up.

a)

Mayflower Compact

b)

Articles of Confederation

c)

The Constitution

d)

The Peace of Augsburg

15.

The Puritans emigrated to create a new model of society which John Winthrop, their first governor, called

a)

a "City upon a Hill"

b)

"Heaven on Earth"

c)

"New Jerusalem"

d)

"A New Model Army"

16.

This Native American helped supply the Pilgrim settlers with food their first winter in Massachusetts.

a)

Squanto

b)

Pocahontas

c)

Powhatan

d)

Metacom

17.

This feast was held on the fourth Thursday in November was the Pilgrim way of rejoicing for their survival?

a)

Thanksgiving

b)

Memorial Day

c)

Labor Day

d)

Passover

18.

This larger and more successful organization took over the Puritan colony at Plymouth.

a)

Massachusetts Bay Company

b)

Virginia Company

c)

Chesapeake Company

d)

Providence Plantations

19.

Which of the following were the Pilgrims in favor of?

a)

Equality for all peoples.

b)

Suffrage (voting) for all peoples

c)

Religious tolerance

d)

Being a "visible Saint".

20.

Which could be punished in New England?

a)

Not teaching your child to read the Bible.

b)

Owning Slaves

c)

Practicing a religion of your choice.

d)

Working on Saturday

21.

Who were two individuals that were exiled from the Plymouth Colony for practicing their own version of Christianity?

a)

John Winthrop

b)

Roger Williams

c)

Anne Hutchinson

d)

John Smith

22.

Who were the first settlers in the middle colonies?

a)

The Dutch

b)

The Spanish

c)

The English

d)

The French

23.

The Dutch colony in North America was known as?

a)

New Amsterdam

b)

New Netherland

c)

Plymouth

d)

Jamestown

24.

The largest Dutch settlement in New Netherland was?

a)

New Amsterdam

b)

New Netherland

c)

Plymouth

d)

Jamestown

25.

Which of the following describes the Dutch settlement in North America?

a)

Multicultural you're welcome if you make money.

b)

Most religiously tolerant of colonies which would become the U.S.

c)

Dutch viewed themselves as business partners with Native Americans (Iroquois).

d)

All of the above

26.

Which are examples of the last effects of Dutch settlement in North America?

a)

Names of the Boroughs of NYC.

b)

Name of Wall Street in NYC.

c)

Principles which influenced the development of an American mindset.

d)

All of the above.

27.

How did the English view the Dutch settlements between their northern and southern colonies?

a)

"Dutch Wedge"

b)

"Double Dutch"

c)

"Going Dutch"

d)

"Dutch Golden Age"

28.

Which Englishmen is most notable for his land grant to found a colony in the formerly Dutch own territory?

a)

William Penn

b)

John Smith

c)

Sir Walter Raleigh

d)

Roger Williams

29.

Pennsylvania originally was a haven for which religious group persecuted in England?

a)

Quakers

b)

Puritans

c)

Jews

d)

Catholics

30.

What city with a grid design was founded by William Penn and would become the largest city in the colonies and second largest in the British Empire?

a)

Philadelphia

b)

Boston

c)

New York

d)

Baltimore

31.

The Pennsylvania colony was religiously

a)

tolerant.

b)

intolerant.

32.

“Now I would have you well observe, that I am very sensible of the unkindness and injustice that has been too much exercised towards you by the people of these parts of the world, who have sought . . . to make great advantages by you, . . . sometimes to the shedding of blood. . . . But I am not such a man. . . . I have great love and regard toward you, and I desire to win and gain your love and friendship by a kind, just, and peaceable life.” This quote best represents?

a)

William Penn's view that Native Americans should be treated fairly & with respect.

b)

William Penn's view that Native Americans should be treated as the savages they were.

c)

William Penn's view that other religions beliefs should be treated fairly & with respect.

d)

William Penn's view that people of other religious beliefs were going to hell.

33.

Which of the following are true about Pennsylvania after the death of William Penn?

a)

Relations with Nate American deteriorated.

b)

African Slavery increased.

c)

Relations with Nate American improved.

d)

African Slavery decreased

34.

This was the first document in American history that called for the abolition of slavery in the Americas.

a)

1688 Germantown Petition

b)

1741 "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" is a sermon

c)

1630 A City Upon a Hill, A Sermon

d)

1675 A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson

35.

In 1737 Pennsylvania colonists perpetrated one of the most famous frauds against Native Americans where Pennsylvanians used relay runners to mark out as much territory as they could in 36 hours.

a)

"The Walking Purchase"

b)

"Delaware Treaty"

c)

"Iroquois Confederacy"

d)

"Treaty of Paris"

36.

Among their many beliefs quakers believed in non-violence which made them?

a)

Pacifist

b)

Cowards like the French

c)

Protestants

d)

Anabaptist (Amish)

37.

Large numbers of ________ speaking people settled in Pennsylvania. Which is why some Amish & Mennonites speak Pennsylvania Dutch today.

a)

German

b)

French

c)

Swedish

d)

Yiddish

38.

In 1663 English King Charles II gave eight proprietors the right to set up a colony just North of Spanish controlled Florida to serve as a buffer and included slaves & plantation owners from Barbados.

a)

South Carolina

b)

Georgia

c)

Virginia

d)

Florida

39.

In 1676 this Virginian led a rebellion against the governor William Berkley who favored rich tidewater landowners over poor frontiersmen.

a)

Nathaniel Bacon

b)

John Smith

c)

Ben Franklin

d)

William Penn

40.

The results of Bacon's Rebellion were

a)

The burning of Jamestown.

b)

The replacement of the indentured servant system to a slave system.

c)

Greater control of the colonies by the English Crown.

d)

All of the above.

41.

After King Philip's War near wiped out English settlement Charles II consolidated Connecticut, Plymouth, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, New York, and New Jersey into the dominion of

a)

New England

b)

The Virginias

c)

The Carolina's

d)

Edmund Andros

42.

This example of mass hysteria in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693 is the setting for Author Millers, The Crucible.

a)

The Salem Witch Trials

b)

Bacon's Rebellion

c)

The Last of the Mohicans

d)

King Philip's War

43.

In the late 17th Century the majority of Americans

a)

lived / worked on farms.

b)

lived / worked in cities.

44.

According to Crash Course which two ideas were fairly intertwined early on in American history?

a)

Owning a small farm.

b)

Owning a small business.

c)

Freedom

d)

The freedom to own others.

45.

Colonial America was a classless society as evidenced by the family of George Washington.

a)

True

b)

False.

46.

As the colonies matured women gained a greater and greater role in colonial society.

a)

True

b)

False

47.

Chief Wahunsenacawh, the chief of natives the English first encountered in the Chesapeake area was named what by the British?

a)

Chief Powhatan

b)

Pocahontas

c)

Chief Pequot

d)

King Philip

48.

What was Chief Powhatan's initial view of the English?

a)

The English were pretty clueless, when it came to not dying of starvation.

b)

They were useful--because they had guns.

c)

They were barbaric invaders who needed to be put to death.

d)

They were a means to an end to establish better trade with the great English chief.

49.

The Virginia Company existed to make money, and since the Chesapeake lacked gold or silver, making money required what to be successful?

a)

Trade

b)

Love

c)

Slaves

d)

Additional colonist

50.

The English always took advantage of Native Americans?

a)

True

b)

False

51.

What was a primary item that the Native Americans could trade with the English early on?

a)

food

b)

iron utensils

c)

tools

d)

guns

52.

What pressure did the food trade put on the Native American societies?

a)

Indian men devoted more time to hunting and less to agriculture which upset traditional gender balance in their society.

b)

Indian women devoted more time to hunting and less to agriculture which upset traditional gender balance in their society.

c)

Indian societies began planting and harvesting new crops which were tougher on the soil.

d)

Indian societies began planting and harvesting new crops which took up time and took away from traditional hunting and religious ceremonies.

53.

Which land use practices of the English led to conflict between them and the Native Americans?

a)

The English liked to fence in part of their land.

b)

The English allowed their pigs and animals to roam freely which resulted in them eating Natives crops.

c)

The English began to fight over the best lands for hunting.

d)

The English began to fight over the best lands for farming.

54.

As Europeans' appetite for furs grew, Indian tribes began to ...

a)

fight with each other over access to the best hunting grounds, leading to inter-tribal warfare, which suddenly included guns.

b)

form alliances to monopolize the fur trade.

c)

fight with the English because they needed furs more for their way of life.

d)

All of the above.

55.

At one point which English leader had to be "saved" by Powhatan's daughter, Pocahontas, though this was probably all a ritual planned by Powhatan to demonstrate his dominance over the English.

a)

John Smith

b)

John Rolfe

c)

John Winthrop

d)

William Bradford

56.

Pocahontas never married John Smith, though she did eventually marry another Englishman

a)

John Rolfe

b)

Roger Williams

c)

John Winthrop

d)

William Bradford

57.

The Virginia Company was a successful financial venture?

a)

Yes

b)

No

58.

Which Puritan leader was known for his fair treatment of the Native Americans

a)

Roger Williams

b)

Anne Hutchinson

c)

John Winthrop

d)

William Bradford

59.

Which were views of the Natives held by the Puritans?

a)

They saw natives as heathens in need of salvation

b)

They recognized that the Native American way of life might be tempting to some people, who might want to go native.

c)

They viewed the Native Americans as equal partners from an equally important society.

d)

All of the above

60.

There was even anti-Indian propaganda in the form of books. These were known as ___ the most popular being Sovereignty and Goodness of God by Mary Rowlandson.

a)

Captivity narratives

b)

Diaries

c)

Biographies

d)

Exploration narratives

61.

This conflict between Native Americans and colonists in 1637 resulted in the massacring over 500 people at a Mystic Village and the opening up the Connecticut River to further settlement.

a)

Pequot War

b)

Powhatan War

c)

Metacomet's War

d)

King Philip's War

62.

What's the point of even telling these bloody stories about massacres and atrocities between the Native Americans and the English?

4 lines
63.

How has the geography of the U.S. protected it and possibly allowed for its defined government & political structure?

a)

It's fair from everything else.

b)

It's close to everything else.

c)

It has weak neighbors.

d)

It has strong neighbors.

64.

What major divisions can the 13 American Colonies be divided into?

a)

One: It's all British.

b)

Two: North & South.

c)

Three: New England, Middle, & Southern

d)

Four: New England, Middle, Southern, Spanish

65.

Which of the following best describes the New England Colonies?

a)

Heavily forested

b)

Great seaports

c)

Rocky soil and a short growing season

d)

All of the above

66.

Due to its geography New England became a center for?

a)

Trade & industry

b)

Agriculture, as it was known as the bread basket of American.

c)

Agriculture, as it grew many cash crops.

d)

None of the above.

67.

This region can be described as the?

a)

New England

b)

The Middle colonies

c)

The Southern colonies

d)

The Northwest Territory

68.

Which of the following best describes the geography of the Middle colonies?

a)

Heavily forested, great seaports, rocky soil and a short growing season.

b)

Long warm growing season with rich soil. Long navigable rivers stretched far in land.

c)

Long hot growing season that allowed for large scale agriculture of cash crops which as tobacco and cotton.

d)

All of the above.

69.

Which are two major colonial cities at the mouth of navigable rivers in the Middle Colonies?

a)

New York

b)

Philadelphia

c)

Boston

d)

Savannah

70.

Which of the following best describes the geography of the geography of the Southern colonies?

a)

Heavily forested, great seaports, rocky soil and a short growing season.

b)

Long warm growing season with rich soil. Long navigable rivers stretched far in land.

c)

Long hot growing season that allowed for large scale agriculture of cash crops which as tobacco and cotton.

d)

All of the above.

71.

What geographic feature played a major role in the settlement of many Southern cities?

a)

The Fall Line

b)

The Fault Line

c)

The Mason Dixon Line

d)

The Appalachian Mountains

72.

Why did Slavery in the American South last so long?

a)

The immense size and lack of infrastructure in the South lead to disproportionate representation in the Supreme Court.

b)

Slavery was very lucrative throughout U.S. History.

c)

It was hot and no one wants to work in the hot sun. So... slavery.

d)

The majority of Southerners owned slaves.

73.

Americans often refer to the Seven Years War as the?

a)

French & Indian War

b)

Pomeranian War

c)

Third Silesian War

d)

War of Spanish Succession

74.

What reason for the Seven Years War does Crash Course focus on?

a)

Economics

b)

Westward French expansion

c)

The Great Awakening

d)

The American Enlightenment

75.

3. What was the economic system of the British Empire in the 18th century?

a)

Mercantilism

b)

Laissez faire capitalism

c)

Economic liberalism

d)

Socialism

76.

Which of the following best summarizes mercantilism?

a)

Governments should regulate the economy in order to increase national power.

b)

An economy is strongest when all the government does is protect individuals' rights.

c)

A broad political movement that seeks to promote the ideals of socialism within the context of a democratic system.

d)

A way of structuring society around relationships derived from the holding of land in exchange for service or labour.

77.

Which of the following are associated with mercantilism?

a)

Tariffs

b)

Monopolies

c)

Favorable balance of trade

d)

All of the above

78.

Which of the following were key trade goods in the British mercantile economy before the French & Indian War?

a)

Tobacco

b)

Sugar

c)

Slaves

d)

Cotton

79.

Though the Spanish had a greater empire by land mass in North America which European power rivaled England in the 18th century?

a)

France

b)

Portugal

c)

Germany

d)

The Netherlands

80.

Where were the French and British Empires butting up against each other before the French & Indian War?

a)

The Ohio River Valley

b)

The Hudson River Valley

c)

The St. Lawrence River Valley

d)

The Great Lakes Region

81.

Generally who had better relations with the Native Americans such as the Hurons and Mohawks?

a)

The French

b)

The English

c)

The Spanish

d)

The Dutch

82.

Who led an unsuccessful military campaign to eject the French from the Forks of the Ohio River near modern day Pittsburg?

a)

George Washington

b)

William Pitt

c)

General Braddock

d)

Louis-Joseph de Montcalm

83.

George Washington was also present for this major British defeat where Major General Edward Braddock and two thirds of his army were killed just outside of downtown Pittsburgh.

a)

Battle of Fort Duquesne

b)

Battle of Fort Bull

c)

Battle of Carillon

d)

Battle of Fort Frontenac

e)

Battle of Ticonderoga

84.

The British capture of Nova Scotia led to the expulsion of what French speaking people in what is known as "The Expulsion"?

a)

Acadians

b)

Canadians

c)

Native Americans

d)

The Dutch

85.

Majority of the French speaking Acadians end up in Louisiana forming this people group?

a)

Cajuns

b)

Creoles

c)

Swamp people

d)

The Red Sticks

86.

Which are major British victories of 1759?

a)

Battle of Fort Duquesne

b)

Battle of Fort Ticonderoga

c)

Battle of Louisbourg

d)

The Battle on the Plains of Abraham in Montreal

87.

Arguably who was the biggest looser of the French & Indian War?

a)

The Native Americans

b)

The French

c)

The English

d)

The American Colonist

88.

In 1763 the Seven Years War ended with?

a)

The Treaty of Paris

b)

Pinckney's Treaty

c)

Jay's Treaty

d)

The Treaty of Ghent

89.

Why were the Native Americans the biggest loser of the French and Indian War?

a)

The Native American's could no longer play the French and British off each other.

b)

The Native American's were exposed to more European sickness.

c)

The Native Americans missed the company of an economic partnership with the French.

d)

None of the above.

90.

In 1763 Native Americans frustrated with the results of the Seven Years War and the treatment of the British launched what armed uprising?

a)

Pontiac's Rebellion

b)

Pequot Wars

c)

King Philip's War

d)

Beaver Wars

91.

The goal of the (Royal) Proclamation Line of 1763 was to

a)

Stop British settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains and create a permanent settlement for Native Americans.

b)

Slow down British settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains and slowly displace Native Americans.

c)

Stop British settlement east of the Appalachian Mountains and create a permanent settlement for Native Americans.

d)

Slow down British settlement east of the Appalachian Mountains and slowly displace Native Americans.

92.

According to Crash Course which to "isms" took hold in America following the Seven Years War which undermined traditional political authority?

a)

Republicanism

b)

Liberalism

c)

Naturalism

d)

Socialism

93.

What religious movement also undermined traditional political authority before the American Revolution?

a)

The Great Awakening

b)

The American Enlightenment

c)

The Albany Plan

d)

The East West Schism

94.

During the Great Awakening old line Congregationalist churches were challenged by what type of ministers who placed less of an emphasis on predestination and more on an individual's experience of salvation on being born again?

a)

New Light

b)

Evangelist

c)

Theologians

d)

Baptist

95.

Who are two notable ministers in the Americas who preached during the Great Awakening?

a)

George Whitefield

b)

Jonathan Edwards

c)

John Wesley

d)

Bob Jones

96.

A notable sermon from the Great Awakening was Jonathan Edwards

a)

Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

b)

City Upon a Hill

c)

What Think Ye of Christ?

d)

The Sermon on the Mount

97.

This failed meeting / plan proposed by Benjamin Franklin (age 48) to form a united defense by the colonist and friendly Native Americans against the French at the beginning of the French and Indian War as is notable as the first time colonist organized as a separate united governing body from Britain.

a)

The Albany Plan

b)

The Continental Congress

c)

The Galloway Plan

d)

Plan B

98.

The American Revolution and the American War of Independence are the same thing?

a)

True

b)

False

99.

The American Revolution was caused by taxes?

a)

True

b)

False

100.

The American Revolution was caused by taxes?

a)

True

b)

False

101.

What conflict left the British crown severely in debt? Which lead to a great involvement of the British crown in the lives and liberties of the American Colonists

a)

The French & Indian War (Seven Years War)

b)

The 100 Years War

c)

The War of Spanish Succession

d)

The Napoleonic Wars

102.

The taxes and trade restrictions placed upon the American Colonists by the British government following the French and Indian War were a new thing to the colonists?

a)

Yes, the American Colonists had never been taxed or had trade restrictions placed on them.

b)

No, the American Colonists had taxes and trade restrictions placed on them but they were loosely enforced.

103.

What angered colonists most about the British government's actions following the French & Indian (Seven Years) War?

a)

The colonists lack of representation in the British government.

b)

Taxes

c)

The Royal Proclamation Line of 1763

d)

The increased presence of the British military in North America.

104.

What was the Sugar Act of 1764 (an extension of the Molasses Act) problematic?

a)

Collection of the tax & smuggling to avoid paying the tax were now strictly punished.

b)

The tax was doubled.

c)

The tax was cut in half.

d)

All of the above.

105.

How did the enforcement of the Sugar Act break English legal tradition?

a)

Smugglers were tried in British Admiralty Courts instead of local (leant) jury courts.

b)

Smugglers were tried in local jury courts instead of British Admiralty Courts.

106.

This HIGHLY unpopular tax affected businessmen and lawyers most as it taxed all official documents.

a)

The Stamp Act

b)

The Townshend Act

c)

The Sugar Act

d)

The Intolerable Acts

107.

The Stamp Act was repealed after

a)

the colonists convened and carried out a coordinated boycott.

b)

the colonists tar and feathered all tax collectors in New England.

c)

the colonists began creating their own finished goods.

d)

all of the above.

108.

The Townshend Act taxed what goods?

a)

Paper

b)

Paint

c)

Lead

d)

Tea

109.

Which notable colonial protest got out of hand leading to the death of 5 colonists in possibly the worst outcome of a snowball fight in American History?

a)

The Boston Massacre

b)

Paoli Massacre

c)

Haymarket Affair

d)

Mountain Meadows Massacre

110.

Which two reasons could explain the colonist anger and later "Tea Parting" over The Tea Act which lowered the price of higher quality tea?

a)

Some colonists were upset that cheap tea could cut into the profits of smugglers and established tea merchants.

b)

It was a matter of principle. Allowing the British to tax tea meant that they could tax essentially whatever they wanted.

c)

Some colonists liked lower quality tea that just tastes better. You like what you know!

d)

It was a matter of principle. I'll drink the tea that I want to drink!

111.

The direct result of the Boston Tea Party was the?

a)

The Stamp Act

b)

The Townshend Act

c)

The Sugar Act

d)

The Intolerable Acts

112.

Which Intolerable or Coercive Act put local government under martial law?

a)

Massachusetts Government Act

b)

The Quartering Act

c)

The Quebec Act

d)

Administration of Justice Act

e)

The Boston Port Act

113.

Which Intolerable or Coercive Act required Bostonians to house & pay for housing of British troops.

a)

Massachusetts Government Act

b)

The Quartering Act

c)

The Quebec Act

d)

Administration of Justice Act

e)

The Boston Port Act

114.

In September 1774 a group of delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies (Georgia!) met were to coordinate the resistance to the Intolerable Acts becoming the first Continental Congress?

a)

Philadelphia

b)

New York

c)

Boston

d)

Charlestown

115.

In what two Massachusetts towns did the American War for Independence begin? As Massachusetts Militia, Minute Men, squared off against British forces. Famously beginning with "the shot heard round the world."

a)

Lexington

b)

Concord

c)

Boston

d)

Scranton

116.

All colonists were pro-revolution.

a)

True

b)

False

117.

In 1775 the Continental Congress sent what petition in an attempt to reconcile with the British Crown?

a)

The Olive Branch Petition

b)

The Declaration of Independence

c)

The Bill of Rights

d)

The Article of Confederation

118.

Which famous work from the American Revolution by Thomas Paine argued that American were exceptional and distinct from Britain?

a)

Common Sense

b)

American Crisis

c)

A City Upon a Hill

d)

Sinners in the Hand of an Angry God

119.

The main strategy for the British in the first half of the American War of Independence was?

a)

to capture all the cities.

b)

to capture all of the country sides.

c)

to capture all the transportation hubs.

d)

to capture all the rivers.

120.

While the British captured the major cities in the colonies. What major advantages did the colonists have?

a)

The colonists had home field advantage knowing the colonies better than the British.

b)

The colonists had better supply lines than the British.

c)

The colonists had more to gain from holding out for victory.

d)

All of the above

121.

What battle was a much needed victory for the Continental Army following a string of defeats and the loss of many colonial cities. It iconically saw George Washington cross the Delaware River on Christmas morning and surprise a group of Hessian soldiers?

a)

Trenton

b)

Concord

c)

Lexington

d)

Saratoga

122.

What was arguably the most important battle in the northern campaign of the American Revolution as it persuaded the French to assist the colonists against the British?

a)

Saratoga

b)

Trenton

c)

Ticonderoga

d)

Yorktown

123.

What country would bankrupt themselves leading to their own revolution shortly after the American War of Independence?

a)

France

b)

Austria

c)

Spain

d)

Mexico

124.

This climactic battle in the southern campaign saw Lord Cornwallis trapped on a peninsula between the Colonial Army and the French navy?

a)

Yorktown

b)

Saratoga

c)

Trenton

d)

Ticonderoga