WorksheetsMod 4.4: The Struggle for Liberty (Quizizz)
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 10mins
In this battle, the Patriots crossed the Delaware River in a successful surprise attack on Hessian mercenaries.
Battle of Trenton
Battle of Saratoga
Battle of Princeton
Battle of Lexington
Battle of Long Island
He spied for the Patriots in New York and was caught. His last words before he was hanged were, “I regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.”
Nathan Hale
John Paul Jones
Marquis de Lafayette
George Rogers Clark
Baron Friedrich von Steuben
Mary Ludwig Hays was given this nickname by the Patriot forces for having the courage to bring water to soldiers during battle.
Molly Pitcher
Florence Nightingale
Patriot Poppy
The Angel of Mercy
A French nobleman who brought soldiers to America and volunteered to fight in the Continental army.
Marquis de Lafayette
Baron Friedrich von Steuben
Bernardo de Galvez
Nathan Hale
Benedict Arnold
Foreign soldiers who are paid to fight.
mercenaries
militiamen
confederates
continentals
This battle in eastern New York is considered to be the major turning point in the Revolutionary War leading to France, Spain, and Holland joining the fight.
Battle of Saratoga
Battle of Long Island
Battle of Trenton
Battle of Bunker Hill
Battle of Princeton
He is known for his victory at sea against a British warship. He is said to remark to the opposing captain, when asked for his surrender, “I have not yet begun to fight!”
John Paul Jones
Marquis de Lafayette
George Rogers Clark
Baron Friedrich von Steuben
Nathan Hale
The Spanish governor of Louisiana that provided support to the Patriots by attacking British trade posts along the Gulf of Mexico.
Bernardo de Galvez
Baron Friedrich von Steuben
John Paul Jones
George Rogers Clark
Marquis de Lafayette
This Prussian military officer trained soldiers in the Continental army at Valley Forge.
Baron Friedrich von Steuben
Bernardo de Galvez
Nathanael Greene
Benedict Arnold
Marquis de Lafayette
This person’s campaigns in the west followed the Ohio River to the Tennessee and ended by capturing Kaskaskia, Cahokia, and Fort Sackville.
George Rogers Clark
John Paul Jones
Bernardo de Gálvez
Marquis de Lafayette
Hamilton Alexander
Match the battleground or encampment with its description
Washington Crossing the Delaware and capturing 900 Hessians
Trenton
Patriot victory that led to support from France, Spain, and Holland
Satatoga
Patriots left their camp, slipped into the darkness, and attacked the British by surprise
Princeton
Patriots drilled and became better soldiers despite the deaths of 2000 during a brutal winter.
Valley Forge
used flags and rapid gunfire to make the British believe they were surrounded by a large force
Fort Sackville
Match the following people of the Revolutionary Era
George Rogers Clark
led western campaign from OH to IL
John Paul Jones
“I have not yet begun to fight!”
Baron Friedrich von Steuben
Prussian; trained army at Valley Forge
Bernardo De Galvez
Spanish leader who protected the port of Louisiana
Marquis De Lafayette
wealthy Frenchman who fought for US
Reorder the following.
British capture New York
Patriot victory at Trenton
Patriot victory at Saratoga
France and Spain increase assistance
Winter at Valley Forge
Which factor was a major strength for the American Continental Army, despite their lack of professional training?
A massive, well-supplied navy
A large, well equipped army
Fighting for their independence and for their homes
A well-established government to raise money and troops
