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WorksheetsThe War Is Won - Revolutionary War American Revolution
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
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Class
Date
1.
What THREE groups would meet at Yorktown, VA? (SELECT ALL CORRECT OPTIONS!)
a)
Lafayette's troops
b)
Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys
c)
The French fleet under Admiral De Grasse
d)
Horatio Gates and his western army
e)
Washington’s and Rochambeau’s main American-French army
2.
What kept Cornwallis's 7,500 British and Hessian troops from escaping Yorktown by land?
a)
14,000 American and French troops
b)
There was flooding that cut off the Yorktown peninsula from the mainland
c)
5,000 Spanish soldiers arrived and blocked all of their paths
d)
Yorktown was on an island so there was no land route for escape
3.
What kept Cornwallis’s 7,500 British and Hessian troops from escaping Yorktown by sea?
a)
De Galvez's fleet had sunk several ships which blocked British ships from getting to them
b)
The Americans put mines in the water that made it too dangerous to use boats
c)
De Grasse’s fleet kept Cornwallis from escaping by sea
d)
The French sunk all the British ships in the area
4.
What did the Americans and French begin on October 9 at Yorktown, Virginia?
a)
They began a tremendous bombardment from their cannons on Cornwallis and his troops
b)
They began sending waves of troops to charged at Cornwallis and his troops defenses
c)
They began retreating from Cornwallis and his troops because they a large number of British reinforcements came
d)
They began fighting amongst themselves
5.
What finally made Cornwallis realize the hopelessness of his situation and caused him to surrender on October 19, 1781 to the Patriots?
a)
He was angry with the leaders of the British government and wanted to embarrass them by giving up
b)
He decided that he would be better off if he joined the Continental Army
c)
British supplies began running low, and many soldiers were wounded or sick
d)
He had been ordered to surrender by General Clinton
6.
Even though the fighting didn’t completely end with Yorktown, what did the Patriot victory at Yorktown convince the British about the war?
a)
it would be easy to win
b)
to stop taxing the colonists
c)
To make a new plan to win the war
d)
It convinced the British that the war was too costly to pursue
7.
What was the FINAL Treaty of Paris?
a)
It was the agreement between the French and Americans that they would make an alliance.
b)
It was the agreement that ended the Revolutionary War with the British as the winners.
c)
It was the agreement between Britain and the United States that ended the Revolutionary War with the Americans as the winners.
d)
It was the agreement between the British and the Germans that they would make an alliance.
8.
When was the FINAL Treaty of Paris signed?
a)
December 16, 1773
b)
July 4, 1776
c)
September 3, 1783
d)
September 17, 1787
e)
April 30, 1789
9.
What TWO things did the Americans get from the Treaty of Paris? (SELECT ALL CORRECT OPTIONS!)
a)
Americans could live in Canada without living under the rule of Britain
b)
Britain agreed to that the Americans could keep all Loyalist property taken during the war
c)
Great Britain recognized the United States as an independent nation
d)
The British promised to withdraw all their troops from American territory
e)
Britain agreed to forgive all debts owed by Americans to British merchants
10.
What TWO OTHER things did the Americans get from the Treaty of Paris? (SELECT ALL CORRECT OPTIONS!)
a)
They also agreed to give Americans the right to fish in the waters off the coast of Canada
b)
Americans could live in Canada without living under the rule of Britain
c)
The territory that the new nation claimed extended from the Atlantic Ocean west to the Mississippi River and from Canada in the north to Spanish Florida in the south.
d)
Britain agreed to that the Americans could keep all Loyalist property taken during the war
e)
Britain agreed to forgive all debts owed by Americans to British merchants
11.
What TWO things did the Americans agree to that would be good for the British in the Treaty of Paris? (SELECT ALL CORRECT OPTIONS!)
a)
British could keep soldiers in U.S. territory
b)
Congress would advise the states that property taken from Loyalists was to be returned to them
c)
The Americans had to keep paying taxes to the British
d)
The U.S. agreed that the British merchants could collect debts owed by Americans
e)
Congress would FORCE the states to collect debts owed by their citizens to the British and then the states would send the payments to the British merchants
12.
After the British surrendered, Washington maintained a strong army with headquarters at Newburgh, New York. When did Washington plan to disband the army?
a)
When every last British soldier or citizen had left North America
b)
When he had been elected as the first president of the United States
c)
He did not plan to disband the army
d)
When the peace treaty was signed
13.
Why were American soldiers angry with Congress?
a)
Congress refused to fund their pensions and failed to provide other pay
b)
They didn’t like Congress’ location and they wanted to move it
c)
They didn’t get to vote for Congress
d)
They weren’t angry with Congress
14.
Some angry army officers circulated a letter in March 1783. What did the letter say?
a)
They would go home and tell people to stop listening to Congress
b)
They would go join the British army if Congress did not meet their demands
c)
If their demands were not met, the letter said, the army should refuse to disband
d)
If Congress tried to bring in a new king for the United States that they would fight
15.
General Washington was shocked and worried by the letter. What did he realize?
a)
That he would have to try and escape to Canada to save himself
b)
That this was his chance to become the king of the United States of America
c)
He realized that such an action could lead to a revolt that would threaten to destroy the new nation
d)
That Britain would immediately return and reconquer all of their old colonies
16.
What did Washington persuade his officers to do?
a)
to be patient with Congress
b)
To attack Congress
c)
To get over it
d)
To create a new country with him as king
17.
What did Washington urge Congress to do?
a)
He urged Congress to disband
b)
He urged Congress to meet the soldiers’ just demands
c)
He urged them NOT to pay the soldiers
d)
He urged Congress to make amendments to the Articles of Confederation
18.
What allowed George Washington to at last give up his command of the army?
a)
When British troops left New York City in late November 1783. The war had truly ended.
b)
When the last British soldiers in the U.S. had been captured and put in prison
c)
When he had been elected as the first U.S. president
d)
When Congress had agreed to pay the army
19.
What did George Washington SAY to a meeting of the Second Continental Congress when he was resigning from the army?
a)
"If there is not the war, you don’t get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you don’t get a great statesman"
b)
"If you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.”
c)
“Having now finished the work assigned me I retire...and take my leave of all the employments of public life.”
d)
“No man has ever listened himself out of a job.”
20.
What did Washington plan to do after returning to his home, Mount Vernon, in time for Christmas?
a)
He became a delegate for VA to the Continental Congress
b)
He moved into the Ohio River Valley and founded Ohio
c)
He planned to live quietly with his family
d)
He became a colonel in the Virginia Militia
21.
What two other nations made it possible for the Americans to win the Revolutionary War? (SELECT ALL CORRECT OPTIONS!)
a)
Scotland
b)
Spain
c)
Italy
d)
Portugal
e)
France
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