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Question 0

What did Washington see when he first saw his army in July 1775

Answer 0

He went to Cambridge Massachusetts and saw an unprofessional unequipped ragtag army

Question 1

What happened on June 15, 1775 at the Continental Congress

Answer 1

John Adams called for a Continental Army and nominated George Washington as the leader

Question 2

What did Washington do in the winter of 1776

Answer 2

He used canons from Dorchester Heights to trap the British into Boston

Question 3

What did Gen. Howe do in response to Washington’s trapping of Boston

Answer 3

On March 5, 1776 Gen. Howe left Boston with his army and loyalists to avoid being bombed

Question 4

What did Charles Lea Horatio Gates and Benedict Arnold all have in common

Answer 4

They all connived to usurp Washington’s authority

Question 5

What did King George III proclaim on January 1, 1776

Answer 5

He issued a proclamation to crush the revolution at any cost. This resulted in Thomas Paine’s common sense book and gave Americans the first sense of becoming independent

Question 6

Spring 1776

Answer 6

Washington moves men south towards New York City.
The second Continental Congress is held in Philadelphia.
Thomas Jefferson crafts the Declaration of Independence.

Question 7

What happened July 1, 1776

Answer 7

Congress takes out 89 clauses including slavery from the Declaration of Independence in the USA declares its independence

Question 8

What was the British response in the summer of 1776?

Answer 8

The largest naval force ever of British descended upon New York City 25,000 men 130 warships they set up on Staten island. Washington’s headquarters was in New York City and his men begin on long island Heights

Question 9

Late August 1776 what does Gen. Howe do?

Answer 9

Gen. Howe takes 20,000 British soldiers who march on Washington’s position. The Continental Army is overwhelmed 300 Americans die.

Question 10

What was the result of general Howe’s attack on Washington?

Answer 10

The Continental Army made an all-out retreat under the cover of night and 9000 American soldiers made it back to Manhattan.

Question 11

What was the biggest mistake in general Howe made during his attack on Washington’s army in New York?

Answer 11

He did not attack the American soldiers as they retreated had he done so this may have ended the war

Question 12

Where did the US Continental Army go after their defeat in New York?

Answer 12

They went south to New Jersey. Charles Lee outwardly blamed Washington for the retreat. Washington became aware of Lea’s treachery but let it pass.

Question 13

What was the result of this defeat in New York

Answer 13

Confidence was shaken in general Washington and many soldiers deserted.

Question 14

What happened in December 1776?

Answer 14

Washington made a daring attack in New Jersey. He crossed the Delaware in a snowstorm and attack Trenton in blizzard conditions this surprise attack was a huge victory for the US

Question 15

What does Washington need the most during the American revolution.

Answer 15

He needs a navy.

He also needs supplies food and weapons.

Question 16

What does Benjamin Franklin do to help the American cause in 1777.

Answer 16

He goes to France to get funding for the revolution but Washington needs to make it look like the Americans can win in order for the French to get involved

Question 17

What was the battle of Brandywine?

Answer 17

On August 22, 1777 in Hartsville Pennsylvania the British fleet entered Chesapeake Bay to attack Philadelphia.
Washington set up on the Delaware River at Brandywine Creek

Question 18

What were the results of the battle of Brandywine?

Answer 18

Gen. how flanked Washington from the north 25,000 soldiers under Washington were forced to retreat.
The British and general Howe took Philadelphia

Question 19

Where did the American Continental Army flee to after the battle of Brandywine.

Answer 19

York Pennsylvania

Question 20

What did Gen. Horatio Gates due to Gen. Benedict Arnold to make them dislike each other.

Answer 20

Benedict Arnold directed the battle of Saratoga in Saratoga New York on October 17 1776.
Arnold used sniper and guerrilla warfare and as a result was shot in the leg.
It was a great US victory but Gen. Horatio Gates took all the credit.

Question 21

What was the result of the battle of Saratoga on October 17, 1776?

Answer 21

The Americans gained control over the Hudson river.

Question 22

What did King Louis XVI do to help the Americans?

Answer 22

He supported the Americans with troops and especially help with starting a Navy at this point the US revolution turned into a world war

Question 23

What was the result of all of Washington’s losses?

Answer 23

Many believed that Horatio Gates should take over leadership of the Continental Army.

Question 24

What did the US Continental Army do in the winter of 1778.

Answer 24

They spent the winter in Valley Forge Pennsylvania.
Washington organized the camp and they suffered from great shortages.
The Army trained under the tutelage of a European commander and as a result became a professional army

Question 25

What were the results of the battle at Monmouth New Jersey on June 28, 1778?

Answer 25

It was over 100°.
Charles Lee was the second in command.
20,000 soldiers fight for five hours that he kills many of them.
The battle is a draw and as a result of Washington quiets his critics

Question 26

Why did Benedict Arnold become a traitor.

Answer 26

He was always looked over for promotion.
He was instrumental in taking Fort Ticonderoga but Ethan Allen took the credit.
He was instrumental in taking Saratoga but Horatio Gates took the credit.
He was accused of corruption when he was the governor of Philadelphia.
His wife was an alleged Loyalist

Question 27

Why did Gen’l Washington issue a written review to Benedict Arnold when he was the governor of Philadelphia?

Answer 27

He did this because the governor of Pennsylvania threatened to pull his support for the war if Arnold was not disciplined for alleged corruption.

Question 28

What did Benedict Arnold do when he became a traitor?

Answer 28

He offered to give the British West Point New York known as Fort Arnold.

Question 29

How was Benedict Arnold found to be a traitor.

Answer 29

Benedict Arnold was colluding with British Maj. John Andre. Arnold gave him all the plans for West Point but Andre was captured by the US at which point these plans were found and Andre was hanged

Question 30

What were the results of the revolution?

Answer 30

The British lose the colonies.
The French are bankrupted by the war which leads to the French Revolution.
The loyalists that stay in the US suffer.
Slavery continues and is not decided until the Civil War.
The economy is destroyed.
Native Americans are killed as Americans begin to expand west.

Question 31

What happened in May 1780 in Morristown New Jersey.

Answer 31

The US Southern Army gives up to the British in Charleston North Carolina

Question 32

What happens in the winter of 1782 1781 in Morristown New Jersey

Answer 32

Soldiers begin to start to death and freeze as a result they mutiny Washington has to execute soldiers

Question 33

What happened at Yorktown?

Answer 33

The French dispatch a fleet of ships to help the Americans.
The US siege Yorktown.
Gen. Clinton does not send relief troops to help the British.
Gen. Cornwallis is forced to surrender this ends the war

Question 34

What happened in February 1781?

Answer 34

Nathanael Greene fought against Cornwallis using guerrilla warfare through the woods.